Ardbeg 1996 GP MASTERPIECE EDITION
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Gourmetpool GmbH (GP) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 26년 |
| Cask Type | Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
the opposite style, this one is 'pure and crystalline', while it's also got these wee touches of tropical fruit starting to pop out 'in the old way', especially mangos. What we sometimes called 'the transmutation of peat'. Oh forget, otherwise oysters, tarry paint, ashes, a lot of brine and three green olives. With water: no, five olives. Per glass
restaurant Palate
awe… Smoked mangos, smoked peaches, tobacco ashes, drop of absinth, cracked pepper… Possibly the most 'exotic' and yet 'pure' Ardbeg I've tried. Who's distilled this? The Laphroaig crew, right? Keeping the equipment fit before new owners Glenmorangie would properly restart the distillery… And there's always this story about the purifier being on, or off, or broken, or disconnected… Someone should write a book about Ardbeg's purifier. Geert? With water: clearly old Ardbeg. Putty. This very particular combo, tar, almonds, lemons, brine, iodine... And whelks, winkles, cockles and clams! I'm reminded of that stunning official 30 yo 'Very Old' at 40% vol., into which they (well, Allied's very engaging Robert Hicks, their famous master blender) had thrown many glorious very old casks. On the other hand, they had told us it was that or Ballantine's. And no, no one can remake history
timer Finish
incredible. Salty almonds and mango chutney, plus green chartreuse again. Chartreuse from a very old bottle…
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