Ardbeg ( Official) - Very Young 2004 - 6 y.o. - 58,3%
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- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 6 years
- Alcohol:
- 58,3%
- Bottle details:
- distillation: 1998 bottling: 2004
- non chill filtered cask strength
- average
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- (82,69)
- price class:
5 notes disponibles en français
The nose is clearly marked by a nice oily peat. Beautiful hints of smoke hiding discrete fruity notes and some touches of hay.
In the palate, a mix of peat and citrus fruit with refined pleasant woody notes. Beer yeast notes to complete the scene. Nice general impression.
The finish is rather long and chocolate hints share the attention with smoke and peat.
2007A very peaty nose, probably too peaty. A real Ardbeg, sometimes missing nuances and subtlety. The palate deals with a serious whisky. Not necessarily with a subtle one. The young age has probably a great influence on this impression. The time will certainly contribute to enhance the complexity of this malt, promising, not yet ripe however.
The finish is rather pleasant, long, slightly acid, and the whole makes it a good whisky. The question is however: why market such a young whisky? The fact is unusual enough to be mentioned.
2004The nose is clearly dominated by peat and marine hints are present too. This whisky is obviously immature.
In the mouth, the same "youth" impression. A clear lack at complexity, but this whisky will becomes very nice one when it reaches it maturity.
The finish is rather long, quite sugared and marked by oily peat and smoke.
2005
