Ardbeg 1974 26 Year Old by Silver Seal Pure Islay Malt Whisky

Ardbeg 1974 26 Year Old by Silver Seal Pure Islay Malt Whisky

$1,950 AUD

50% abv 70 cl

This is a highly coveted, ultra-rare single cask Islay malt scotch whisky. Distilled during Ardbeg's legendary 1974 vintage, it was aged for 26 years before being selected and bottled in March 2001 by the prestigious independent bottler, Silver Seal Whisky Company Ltd in their First Bottling series. Only 444 bottles were produced.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Nutmeg, allspice, lots of mushroom ragout, rarely had such an old bottle when it was bottled in 2001, some cellar, old, damp leather, malt and sherry notes behind it, after the first sip the nose opens up more, salt, earthy Ardbeg peat, milk chocolate, nuts.

Taste: Nice dry nut mix, walnut, hazelnut, pine nuts, with Ardbeg peat, mossy, fine salt, some dark chocolate, lots of malt, oak, some iodine and rosemary.

Finish: Green walnut, some ginger, malt, oak, iodine, thyme, long.

 

This product is located in the United Kingdom.

 

Distillery

Ardbeg Distillery

The renaissance of Ardbeg is one of the most pleasing success stories of the Scotch whisky industry in recent times. Ardbeg had enjoyed a very buoyant existence in the 19th century, despite its relative remoteness, as noted by Alfred Barnard when he visited it in 1885. Ardbeg had been mothballed in 1981 and remained so until 1989 when it reopened but by then under the ownership of Allied Distillers. They closed it in 1996 and sold it the following year to Glenmorangie plc.  Things then started to happen with the opening of a visitors’ centre in 1998, some deft marketing (including the launch of the Ardbeg Committee in 2000) and the introduction of some imaginative NAS expressions under a captivating new label.

Ardbeg, like Glenmorangie, has continued to flourish under French ownership following the acquisition of both by LVMH in 2004.

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