Ardbeg Distillery
ABV 50%
Good balance between heavy phenols and sweet creamy oak. A long, generous, palate filler.
Dave Broom
Douglas Laing
Old Malt Cask
Brand
Douglas Laing
Bottler
1992, Aged 12 Years, Rum Finish, Bottled for Park Avenue Liquor Shop
Expression
Single Malt
Type
12
Age (Years)
2004
Year of Bottling
50%
ABV
Islay
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Cooked fruit, light medicinal notes, fish oil, black olives in brine, dried seaweed. Vanilla.
Palate: Layered flavours. Starts sweet (banana) then Savlon, seaweed, tar-covered pebbles, with perfumed smoke on top. Balanced.
Finish: Tarry. Peat.
Comment: Good balance between heavy phenols and sweet creamy oak. A long, generous, palate filler.
Score: 8.3
Taster
Nose: Fragrant. Saffron.
Palate: Delicate. Slips down like a freshly shucked oyster. Sweet, then smoky, then toasty.
Finish: Sharply appetising acidity.
Comment: With smoked salmon and a squeeze of lemon.
Score: 8.5
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