Ardbeg 2004 IM Chieftain's
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2004 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.8% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 아드벡다운 강렬한 피트 스모크와 타르, 바닷가 소금기로 열린다. 버번 배럴 15년 숙성이 만든 캐릭터가 팰럿에서 짙은 연기와 레몬, 바닐라로 발전하며 짜임새가 단단하다. 58.8도의 높은 도수는 연기와 단맛을 또렷하게 밀어 올린다. 피니시는 그을린 오크와 시트러스가 아주 길게 이어진다. 독립 병입으로 만난 아드벡의 강건한 개성을 명확하게 보여 주는 아일라 몰트다.
AITasting 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