Distillerie | Ardbeg |
Embouteilleur | OB |
Serie | X |
Mise en bouteille pour | X |
Date de distillation | Not Specified |
Date de mise en bouteille | 1997 |
Pays | Écosse |
Région | Islay |
Age | 30 |
Cask Type | X |
Numéro de fût | X |
Alcohol percentage | 40 |
Volume | |
État | Pas de carton d'origine inclus |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Stock | 0 |
Volume | |
État | Pas de carton d'origine inclus |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Stock | 0 |
Volume | |
Étiquette | Contre-étiquette Abîmée |
Stock | 1 |
Colour: gold.
Nose: needs time after the two rather monstrous 1972s, but the delicacy in it and the subtle notes of smoked teas win us over. High-end lapsang souchong, pipe tobacco, pu-erh, a little marmalade and the subtlest earthiness.
Mouth: a marvellous blend of lime tree tea, mint, rosemary, hawthorn, liquorice allsorts and ‘smoky bubblegum’ (for lack of better terms). All delicacy and elegance.
Finish: relatively short, but so elegant…
Comments: an old lady that would have had a black belt in karate. As co-taster Sukhinder says, it’s getting better and better as we’re getting older.