Description
A vintage 1976 Islay single malt Scotch whisky from Ardbeg Distillery, matured in refill American hogsheads and bottled in August 2004 at 43% ABV by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail under the Connoisseurs Choice label.
Ardbeg
Ardbeg Connoisseurs Choice 28 Year Old, Refill American Hogshead Cask, 1976, Gordon & MacPhail, 43%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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- Region
- Islay
- Age
- 28 Years
- Vintage
- 1976
- Bottled
- 2004
- ABV
- 43%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Ardbeg
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- American Oak Hogshead
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - Gordon & MacPhail
- Peated
- Peated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- No
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- Stuart Thomson
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- No
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Screw cap
- Presentation
- Cardboard box with bottle cut-out
- Series highlights
- Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice
- Historical context
- 1970s Ardbeg production prior to the 1980s mothballing and closures
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Leather, tar, liquorice, warm butter, cough syrup, iodine, horseradish, kelp, caramelised apples, and diesel oil.
- Palate
- Ashy and fruity with cooked apples, beautifully salty and coastal, accompanied by notes of cough syrup, almond milk, and citrus.
- Finish
- A tad shortish, clean and flinty like a white sauvignon.