Ardbeg 1991 HSC Natural Cask Strength Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | High Spirits' Collection (HSC) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.9% |
| Volume | 750 ml 1500 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale white wine. Not really more complex than the Samaroli at first nosing and even sharper but a little more expressive – and more typical. Lots of iodine, seawater, smoked tealeaves, peppermint, lemon juice… Then coal oven, fireplace… Now, it’s no extravagant Ardbeg but maybe water will add another dimension. Let’s try: ah yes, that works quite well. It got more lemony and very nicely herbal (lemon balm). More delicately maritime as well (sea breeze, shells, kelp…) Very elegant in fact
restaurant Palate
yes, this starts better than it did on the nose. More generous, more on gentian eau-de-vie (hurray!), rooty, salty, tarry… Exactly the kind that I’d love to try on oysters. Again, don’t look for utter complexity but both balance and compactness are perfect. With water (although water isn’t needed on the palate here): even more salt (I know, I know), salted liquorice, salted… well, anything. Funny
timer Finish
rather long, clean and just as salty and liquoricy. Gets better and better from the very first sniffs to ‘the end of the finish’. 88 points. Ardbeg 15 yo 1991/2006 (58.9%, High Spirits, cask #644)
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