Ardbeg 1974 RWD
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | R. W. Duthie & Co. (RWD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 1990 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
sweet white wine
air Nose
ah, this is much rougher! More spirity, with quite some peat and lemon or grapefruit juice. It’s also very mineral (flint stone) and quite yeasty (‘good’ porridge). Some very nice notes of camphor come through, and also something (nicely) perfumy. But it’s still very pure, extremely clean, and reminiscent of the best ‘mineral’ Rieslings (which means much better than BNJ, Mr. Murray)
restaurant Palate
the attack is very sweet and smoky at the same time, with some nice notes of not too ripe kiwis and lemon playing with your tongue and quite some pepper, even if it’s not the usual blast. Quite curiously, it’s rather strong but it sort of lacks body, with a rather thin ‘middle’. Nothing too serious, though, it’s still an excellent dram. The finish is long and bold again (bizarre!) on lemon juice and white pepper. Definitely a good one, with a nose that I loved. 87 points . SHOPPING: LET'S GET SUPREMELY ELEGANT Maybe it's time to forget about your old, lousy Arrow or Hathaway shirts (or your whisky-branded olive green polo-shirts) and switch to these new T-shirts that are now available at aint they cute or T-Shirt T-Shop . Granted, you will never make it onto Vogue or Vanity Fair's covers but everybody will now understand that you live with passion and that you don't swim with the small fish. And why not try them with your Prussian blue Armani suit and a pair of Prada shoes? MUSIC – BLUES - Recommended listening: it seems that I never posted about the already famous young guitarist extraordinaire Susan Tedeschi , so let's be quick, here's an excellent piece: Woodoo woman.mp3 (live). Please buy Susan's music! September 21, 2005 TASTING - THREE YOUNG SHERRIED ARDBEGS Ardbeg 1974/1983 (59%, Duthie for Samaroli, 2400 bottles, sherry)
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