Ardbeg 2008 MM The Art of Maturation - Mission Gold
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt + Palo Cortado Octave Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 아드벡 특유의 거친 피트 연기와 타르, 요오드 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 셰리 버트에 팔로 코르타도 옥타브 피니시를 더한 만큼 마른 견과류와 짭조름한 감칠맛이 뒤따르며 복합성을 더한다. 57.4도의 팰럿은 묵직하게 입을 채우며 그을린 훈제육과 다크초콜릿, 후추가 단단하게 맞선다. 시간이 지나며 셰리의 마른 과일 단맛이 또렷하게 발전한다. 피니시에서는 재와 짠 미네랄, 옅은 가죽의 잔향이 길게 이어지며 강렬한 구조감을 남긴다. 피트와 셰리, 팔로 코르타도가 겹친 복합적인 아일라 몰트다.
AITasting 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