Ardbeg (Gordon & MacPhail) - Gordon & MacPhail, 1996 - 9 y.o. - 46,0%
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- Bottler:
- Gordon & MacPhail
- Age:
- 9 years
- Alcohol:
- 46,0%
- Collection:
- Connoisseurs Choice
- Bottle details:
- bottling: 2005
- cask nr:901
- average
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- (83,78)
- price class:
4 notes disponibles en français
A sea nose with strong peated influences, pepper coffee and a nice smoke impression. Superb nose.
In the palate, hints of coffee mix pleasantly with citrus fruit notes.
Smoke and peat characterise the finish which is very long and the orange notes come back after a while to complete the whole picture.
2008A very clear nose, marked by both smoke and peat, with some fresh hints of citrus fruit and a touch of medicinal hints.
The palate is nicely complex, with first some rather present peaty hints, followed by touches of dead leaves and mushrooms, with from time to time a hint of citrus giving the whole a nice fresh impression.
The finish is pleasant, first on citrus fruit, and developing progressively on the nose's and mouth's smokey and peaty notes.
2006The nose is marked by a mix of dry peat and citrus fruit (orange), well balanced and with a kind of freshness which is rather unusual for an Ardbeg. Hints of spices as well.
The palate is complex, and some liquorice hints flirt with touches of lemon, on a discrete background of peat, giving a dry and earthy character to the whole.
A nice finish, quite complex and lingering, salted, and here again, this impression of dry earth.
2005
