Ardbeg 1976 JG

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Ardbeg
Bottler	Jas. Gordon & Co. (JG)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1976
Bottled Year	1990
Age	-
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	40.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Peaty

Smoky

Maritime

Sweet

Oaky

Fruity

Spicy

Vanilla

Creamy

Floral

Herbal

Dried Fruit

Honey

Citrus

Chocolate

Nutty

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

this is more delicate than the 1983, which suggests an earlier vintage(s). The smoke is sort of shier but also more elegant, the whole being more complex for sure. At random we get notes of fresh bitter almonds (quite a lot), white wine (Sauvignon), wet leaves and mushrooms (a walk through the trees, really), cloves and ginger, smoked tea (lapsang souchong)… Gets then a little fruitier (ripe apples and pears), grassier and even a tad mustardy. With water: gets a bit farmier (wet hay) and maritime as well (drying kelp on the beach), with also hints of fresh mint

restaurant Palate

starts unexpectedly fruity (granny smith) but it’s soon to get rather smokier, with big notes of fresh walnuts and crystallised lemon zests together with hints of liquorice, horseradish and green pepper. Gets then grassier and “pleasantly acrid”, if you see what I mean. With water: it’s here that it gets closer to the 30yo’s, with the kind of ‘majestic austerity’ that we like so much in most Broras. It is to be wondered if they didn’t sort of ‘dope’ this one with one or two casks of older spirit. Just a wild guess!

timer Finish

long, grassy, smokier now, with these very idiosyncratic notes of mustard and salt in the aftertaste

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