Ardbeg 1973 Ses
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Sestante (Ses) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.4% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
진한 황금빛이 잔에 깊이 잠긴다. 1973년에 증류된 옛 아드벡이 보여주는 피트는 오늘날의 거친 연기와는 결이 다르고, 잔에서는 잘 익은 망고와 흰 꽃, 부드러운 훈연 향이 가장 먼저 다가온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 짠 캐러멜과 가죽, 시가 박스의 풍미가 묵직하게 입을 채우고, 열대 과일의 단맛이 잔잔히 잠겨 있다. 53.4도의 알코올은 두꺼운 질감으로 흐르며, 마지막에는 흙과 바다 연기의 여운이 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
rather mellow and kind of appeased, starting more on kumquats and soot than on wild peat. A lot of various herbal teas as well, such as chamomile, thyme tea, rosemary and garlic tea (good for our heart) and then whiffs of wet fabric, old books, dusty street under the first rain and tapioca flour (which is quite odourless but not totally so). Gets finally much more medicinal, with whiffs of antiseptic and camphor that are usually rather to be found in a neighbouring malt whisky. And fresh almonds
restaurant Palate
smooth, very lightly peated and unusually honeyed for an Ardbeg. Very strange, but very pleasant development on buttered croissants, caramel crème, kumquats, mint-flavoured nougats and, well, plain mint (and mint liqueur such as Ricqlès – dunno if you know that one). Pretty excellent but you have to like mint
timer Finish
medium long, even more mentholated. Incredible!