Ardbeg 1976 LR
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | La Réserve (LR) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1976 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
this is a much wilder one! Starts on unexpected notes of chenin and even a little vinegar, before it becomes typically ‘old Ardbeg’, with this superb combination of bitter oranges, walnuts, tar, almonds, bonfire, putty and liquorice. Also a little humus, fresh mushrooms, touches of lime, lemon grass, kumquats, earth, old pu-erh tea… Humus indeed. Huge complexity, extremely different from the younger bottlings. Superlative
restaurant Palate
oh! Let’s not mince our words: this is as far as any whisky at 46% vol. can go. Anchovies, brine, marzipan, walnuts, tar, liquorice, cider apples, bitter almonds, smoked tea, pu-erh tea, eucalyptus lozenges… And so many other things. Perfect mouth feel, great body (and plenty of legs – wait, no…)
timer Finish
long, chiselled, salty, smoky, almondy… And many other things