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Ardbeg 23yo Twenty Something 1996/2017
This eagerly anticipated 2017 Ardbeg Twenty Something Committee release was distilled in the early 1990s and bottled as a 23 year old. Selected by Distillery Manager Mickey Heads and filled from ex-Bourbon and ex-Oloroso Sherry casks at 46.3% ABV, this limited edition Islay single malt was made exclusively available for Ardbeg Committee members.
Description
Bottle Details
Rating: | 89.5 |
Distillery: | Ardbeg |
Region: | Islay |
Bottler: | Distillery Bottling |
Bottled: | 2017 |
Bottling: | Small Batch |
Stated Age: | 23 |
Cask Type: | Ex-Bourbon and ex-Oloroso Sherry casks |
Strength: | 46.3% |
Size: | 700ml |
Taste Notes
Nose: Real easy opener here, doesn’t hide its island roots. Melon, cinnamon and sweet, salty parma ham. Then the sweetness builds with honeycomb and chocolate, and in comes the peat, soft almost caramel and floral.
Palate: Pretty much follows the palate, very balanced between those soft peat notes and moreish sweet, juicy melon and ham flavours.
Finish: Fairly snappy in that it doesn’t hang about. Leaves a little sweet peat coating and lingering smoke notes.
Ardbeg
Country, Region: Scotland, Islay | Status: Active | Owner: LVMH | 1815 | 2,000,000 l
