Ardbeg 2004 HL Old & Rare
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2004 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine (paler than the committee)
air Nose
it is not the same whisky as the earlier version, but rather beautiful it is. Big smoke and tar, then whiffs of wet wool and fresh walnuts, hints of struck matches and wee notes of cow stable as well as dried seaweed. Not the most complex Ardbeg ever but it’s beautifully austere and the smoke is big. With water: the kind of development that I enjoy a lot in fairly young Ardbegs, both mineral and even metallic and organic. Wet clay, oysters and the same kind of notes of green olives as in the committee release
restaurant Palate
oily mouth feel, the whole starting on a combination of lemon and peaty smokiness, closer to the committee release at this point. Grassy herbal tea. With water: oh this is funny, there are notes that we usually only get in older Ardbegs, such as some camphor and old style cough syrup. Gets sweeter after that, with notes of ripe apples and barley sugar
timer Finish
long, very ‘Ardbeg’, rather sweet and a little less smoky at this stage
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