Ardbeg 1991 McC Single Cask - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Mackillop's Choice (McC) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark straw
air Nose
very Ardbeg-ish as expected. Very bold peat smoke, garden bonfire, camphor and cooked apples. Little oloroso influence – that I can smell, in any case. Gets vegetal, on smoked tea (Lapsang Souchong) and sort of animal as well (civet, hare belly). Notes of milk chocolate and praline, mastic, bandages… A very, very nice young Ardbeg, for sure. Oh, and also some superb notes of crushed mint leaves
restaurant Palate
punchy, almost invading, probably more ‘mature’ than expected, thanks to the sherry cask (I said probably ;-)). Very compact, very waxy, peaty of course, with a most enjoyable blend of camphor, mint and eucalyptus. Gets also very resinous, with some walnut skin, ‘genuine’ marzipan (not overly sugared) and finally quite some bell pepper. The finish is long, bold but compact, very smoky… In short, I don’t know what the Glenfarclas cask really did to this young Ardbeg but it’s very good indeed. 88 points . Ardbeg 1991/2005 (57.1%, The Cross Hill, Jack Wieber, 6 months Strathisla finish, 270 bottles) From another excellent old ex-Strathisla cask bottled by Jack Wieber