Ardbeg Very Young Tasting notes and reviews
Ardbeg Very Young
- Brand
- Ardbeg
- Expression
- Very Young
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 58.30%
- Produced at
- Ardbeg Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Website
- www.ardbeg.com
- Availability
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| United Kingdom | ||
 |
Ardbeg 1998 Very Young | £399.00 |
|
Ardbeg 1997 'very Young' For Discussion | £550.00 |
| Europe | ||
 |
Ardbeg Very Young 1998 | €335.00 |
Martine Nouet
45- Nose
- Spirity, prickly. A definite phenolic expression. Boat tar, coal dust, kippers. With lighter grassy and herbal aromas. Smoke from the kiln with a pungent peat scent.
- Palate
- Same sweet maltiness. Then a huge smoky taste, a salty feel on the tongue.
- Finish
- Dry, spicy, with a light smoky “leftover”.
- Comment
- great interplay of sweet and dry flavours. More phenolic at start, smoke is more integrated than in Bowmore or Caol Ila.
Dave Broom
45- Nose
- Intense and pungent with dry smoke and a cereal edge. Dried seaweed, into soot and light creosote, slightly Arbroath smokie. Under this is a sweet zesty lime note, Oddfellows.
- Palate
- Intensely phenolic. A fug of dry smoke hits dominating a mix of salt and sweet. Soot, lanolin and white pepper. Gallus as we say in Glasgow.
- Finish
- Hot, smoky, lingering. Dry.
- Comment
- Not yet opened up. Dry smoke, malt and some sweetness still sizing each other up.
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