Ardbeg Distillery 1972 March Distilled 2001 August Bottled 29 Year Old Douglas Laing - Old Malt Cask Finished in Sherry Casks - Minimum 6 months Single Malt Scotch Whisky ABV 50% Vol 700ml / 70cl

DESCRIPTION

A single cask bottling of Ardbeg whisky, distilled in 1972 and aged for 29 years. This whisky has undergone a finishing process of a minimum of 6 months in a sherry cask, before being bottled at Douglas Laing's preferred strength of 50%.

TASTING NOTES (by Whiskyfun.com)

Colour: light gold. Nose: some sherry (sweetish) and the usual Ardbeg. Very bold and rich. Mouth: great interplay peat-sherry. Lots of iodine, tar, and some burnt tyre notes ala Port Ellen. Long finish, on some strong medicinal notes (campher, bandages). A beauty, and in this case the finishing seems to add some complexity. I wouldn't say a 'naked' version wouldn't have been better, though. 92 points (Davin 95, Olivier 95).

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