Ardbeg 2008 MM Mission Gold
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt, Amontillado Sherry Octave Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
it seems that someone's decided to smoke some bacon over burning tyres. While another person has distilled strawberries and rose petals and poured the end result into the mix. Some very tarry PX. With water: huge soy sauce, even an idea of natto (horror of horrors to this nose but some friends whom I deeply respect love it), then some sulphury mushrooms and really a lot of soot. To be honest, the cask tamed Ardbeg; it would have tamed Octomore too
restaurant Palate
holy featherless crows! This one's not easy to describe, some overripe strawberries are roaming the place for sure, while some salted rotting bananas would have joined the dancing after just three seconds, together with the moistest pipe tobacco and surely a sriracha-kind of softish chilli sauce. I told you, hard to describe. With water: Ardbeg, or Laphroaig and Lagavulin for that matter, plus sherry, especially hard PX, would often generate a feeling of sulphury rubber or even, well, bits of SM outfit. I would imagine… Not an easy beast for sure
timer Finish
long and much saltier. Worcester sauce and strawberry jam