Description
A rare official single cask bottling of Ardbeg distilled on 27 October 1972 and bottled on 13 October 2004 from Bourbon Hogshead cask number 2781, yielding 216 bottles at a natural cask strength of 49.2% ABV.
Ardbeg
Ardbeg Single Cask #31 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, Cask #2781, 2004, 49.2%
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- Region
- Islay
- Age
- 31 Years
- Vintage
- 1972
- Bottled
- 2004
- ABV
- 49.2%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Ardbeg
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Bourbon
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Peated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- 2781
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- Stuart Thomson
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 216
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- Cardboard Box
- Series highlights
- N.A
- Historical context
- Pre-1974 Floor Maltings
- Special release
- French Market Exclusive
- Allocation
- France
- Nose
- An estery and heady nose with over-ripe bananas and pears balanced by sweet vanilla and rich peat oils (creosote, linseed oil) with a hint of lint.
- Palate
- The mouthfeel is gently oily and tingly, with a silky smooth creamy texture; rich and bittersweet with baked pears and dark chocolate sauce, treacle toffees and cinnamon balls.
- Finish
- Long, warming and complex leaving chewy treacle toffees, pears and bitter chocolate.