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Ardbeg 1976, Single Cask Committee bottling

Brand Ardbeg
Expression 1976, Single Cask Committee bottling
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage 1976
Abv 51.00%
Produced at Ardbeg Distillery
Region Islay
Launched 1815
Availability From Ardbeg distillery (from end of May)
Guide Price £71 plus (US$114 plus) NB! This is our upper price guide, but the whisky may sell for considerably more than this.
Website http://www.ardbeg.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 39 by Gavin Smith and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Gavin Smith

Nose
Assertive, with soot, dry sherry, raisins and claret.
Palate
Dry, lots of smoke-both wood and peat, aniseed and fishermen's ropes.
Finish
Long and loud.
Comment
A 'no bones about it' Islay whisky, and a fine example of Ardbeg.

Dave Broom

Nose
Mature, liquorous and sweet. There's prunes, coffee grounds, cream sherry and dried mushroom; funkier notes of moss, creosote, bung cloth, resin and chimney smoke. A big bugger.
Palate
Immediate, all-enveloping smoke. Rich, mature with good grip: dried fig, turf, nuts. Mellow.
Finish
Big, intense, smoky. Touch of rubber.
Comment
Not exactly discreet...but it's Ardbeg!

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