Ardbeg 1975 JY Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | John Milroy (JY) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1975 |
| Bottled Year | 2001 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
bwah! Candied fruits (none in the young ones), waxes and oils (none in the young ones), the best tobaccos (same), old turpentine (ditto), long forgotten pots of paint, cough syrup, chartreuse and other herbal liqueurs, amaretti, Barbour grease, smoked oysters, some kind of mint-flavoured fudge, lit black cigars (these maduros, or rather the Italian ones, the toscanis)... The complexity is amazing, this one leaves you breathless. And we haven't even taken a drop. With water: it reminds me of some very - and I mean very - old Sauternes that are becoming mentholy and waxy. Old almond liqueur with drops of crème de menthe and cough syrup. Shall we call it Vicksy?
restaurant Palate
huge and elegant. That's the miracle with these whiskies, they are like elephants dancing a ballet... and dancing it right! Fabulous herbal, waxy, sappy, smoky style. Tar liqueur, smoky old chartreuse - no I don't think anyone ever tried to smoke chartreuse - some salt, a very spritzy lemon, oysters... All is superb. The mouth feel is incredible. Oops, forgot to mention marmalade that adds a rounded fruitiness. With water: same flavours, plus rather more salt, kippers, salty seaweed, more cough syrup
timer Finish
sadly. Let's not rub salt in the wound, but indeed, the saltiness is fab. Only flaw, I find some soap in the aftertaste, which will make it lose one or three points
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