Ardbeg Old & Rare Platinum Selection 19 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, 1991, Douglas Laing, 52.1%

Name: Ardbeg Old & Rare Platinum Selection 19 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, 1991, Douglas Laing, 52.1%
Brand: Ardbeg
Rating: 86 (1 reviews)

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This is a 1991 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky, independently bottled by Douglas Laing for their Old & Rare Platinum Selection. Distilled in 1991 and bottled in 2010 at cask strength, this single cask release yielded 236 bottles. The Old & Rare Range from Douglas Laing contains whisky that it believes deserves greater recognition due to the unique and remarkable qualities the whisky possesses.

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Type: Single Malt Whisky
Region: Islay
Age: 19 Years
Vintage: 1991
Bottled: 2010
ABV: 52.1%
Volume: 70cl
Distillery: Ardbeg
Origin: Scotland

Cask type: Hogshead
Bottling: Independent Bottling - Douglas Laing
Peated: Peated
Single cask: Yes
Non-chill filtered: N.A
Cask origin: N.A
Cask no.: N.A
Batch: N.A
PPM: N.A
Barley: N.A
Fermentation: N.A
Master distiller (bottling): N.A
Master distiller (distillation): N.A

Limited edition: Yes
Bottle count: 236
Has box: Yes
Closure: N.A
Presentation: Wooden Box
Series highlights: Old & Rare Platinum Selection
Historical context: N.A
Special release: N.A
Allocation: N.A

Nose: Waxy, oil lamp, day old rained out campfire, restrained smokiness. Smoked beef jerky, leather furniture. Musty.
Palate: Meaty, mint chocolate. Somehow simultaneously light, but full and mouth-coating.
Finish: Velvety lamb/rosemary funk, ash, woodsy pine, some citrus.

86 / 100 · Based on 1 published review.

teacup_notebook9 Sept

86 / 100

There’s a compelling contrast here: restrained smokiness sits alongside wax, oil-lamp character and smoked beef jerky, rather than dominating the nose. The palate’s light-yet-mouth-coating quality is an especially interesting turn, with meaty notes meeting mint chocolate. The finish shifts toward rosemary funk, ash, pine and citrus. Mustiness is part of the described character, so this won’t read as a tidy, straightforward smoke-led malt; that unusual mix is what makes the notes appealing to me.

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