Ardbeg
1973/2002 29yo 51,4% Douglas Laing Platinum – 137
bottles
Nose:
At first a little closed, some
vague peaty notes coming through – some faint citrus notes as well
Given a
little time it certainly opens up, lots of peat, old tobacco box notes – like
stepping into that old specialist tobacco shop, despite all these heavy there’s
still a remarkable freshness to it…
Taste:
Tonnes of peat! –
the heavy dark/black stuff – although it still manages to let through some of
the lighter notes, again with tobacco/coffee notes and just a pinch of salt, is
that ripe oranges/grapesfruits in there as well? …all things comes in never
ending waves… The finish
goes on forever… especially the peat lingers, even
after half a cup of black coffee, you can still taste the peat in your teeth –
What a dram!! 95/100
I bought this bottle for 150£in a Mctears Auction
back in 2005 with a friend, so only ½ bottle for me - it went down all to well
(read: fast)
95/100! (tasted 21-06-2009)
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