Ardbeg 1992 SV Straight from the Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardbeg |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1992 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.7% |
| Volume | 500 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale straw
air Nose
sharp, fresh and superbly clean, very tary and maritime at first nosing, but also quite fruity, with lots of pear, fresh strawberries and kiwi. Not a fruit bomb but it’s still fruitier than the usual Ardbegs. Liquorice hints, fermenting hay, old seaweed… Quite some limestone at that. Much more complex than expected, not too bold and surprisingly elegant. Very nice!
restaurant Palate
smooth and sweet attack, with some growing notes of liquorice stick, gentian eau de vie, apple skin, lavender crème… Gets quite lemony and salty at the same time (tequila?) with lots of peat but not of the overwhelming kind. Again, sort of discreet but very far from lacking body. Very, very nice indeed, with a rather long finish on lemon and grapefruit juice. I like much better than the official ‘Very Young’ (which is a bit younger, in fact). 89 points . Ardbeg 10 yo 1992/2002 (56.7%, Signatory Straight from the Cask, cask #424, 478 bottles)