Ardbeg Committee Exclusive Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 17 Year Old
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First released over 25 years ago in 1997, Ardbeg 17 Year Old was one of the first bottles to leave the Distillery after reopening. A quarter of a century since he first created this magnificent recipe, Dr Bill Lumsden – Master Distiller - has meticulously crafted this release to mirror the original, retracing the flavour profile note by note, and choosing to bottle at 40% strength, just as it was back then. Distinctly balmy and medicinal, an enticing minerality bursts into sweet smoke and malted barley. Its peaty presence is undeniable, with hints of tar and oak.
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Tasting Notes
Colour
Dark amber with coppery highlights and a warm honey-gold glow.
Nose
Fresh and clean, with hints of pine resin, aniseed, sea spray and lavender soap—very gentle, very restrained, and rather elegant for an Ardbeg. With water, a distinctive flinty minerality emerges, along with subtle hints of sweet peat smoke, malted barley, and a touch of toasting bread.
Palate
Silky and creamy on the palate, a harmonious parade of aniseed toffee, café latte and fennel. Peat smoke sits in the background, restrained yet persistent, with delicate malt. The finish reveals chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar, leaving a subtle antiseptic hint as the smoke fades.
Finish
Peat smoke persists in a restrained, elegant thread, giving way to a long finish of chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar—a nuanced, lingering echo of Islay character.
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