Ardbeg 1998 MoS
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Malts of Scotland (MoS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Banyuls Wine Cask Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep orange
air Nose
very interesting at first nosing, with distinct winey notes but this time they mingle rather pleasantly with the whisky, especially with the lemony notes that we already found in the 1981. Quite some wood smoke, toasted cake, spices (cloves and soft paprika) and very nice whiffs of wet wood. The white St. Joseph really shines trough here, which makes this malt very interesting to wine aficionados (white St. Josephs are usually big whites.) This works so far. With water: it still works. Hints of soot
restaurant Palate
it is hugely vinous and hugely lemony as well, the whole working like kind of an excellent pre-mix if you like. It’s funny how these lemony notes that we already found in the 1981 work well with the St. Joseph (very obvious notes of marsanne, the main grape variety there in the northern Rhône valley.) It’s to be wondered if these white Hermitage / Crozes / St. Jospeh casks wouldn’t work very well with Rosebank as well. Anyway, enough winey ramblings, let’s try it with water now. With water: it’s interesting to witness to which extent the spirit wins here (even if it’s in no way a wine vs. whisky fight.) Very good
timer Finish
long, maybe just a tad drying now