Ardbeg 19YO tasting notes
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concert_goerArdbeg Traigh Bhan 19YO OB 75cl 46.2% ABV
Batch 5
Matured in American Oak and Oloroso Sherry casks
Batch no: TB/05-12.02.2004/23.GM
Bottle code L2476662 02/05/2023 007076
Traigh Bhan (pronounced tri-van) is named for the famed "Singing Sands" Islay beach
Color: light gold.
Nose: peat, pine tree sap, dried squid, distinct notes of mango, smoke, iodine, guava, engine oil, wet newspaper, smoked fish, green peppers, furniture lacquer, tar, paraffin, lemons, tea leaves, blackcurrants, rose petals. Wonderful, mango notes are especially good.
Taste: smoky and oily, peat, light peppery notes, ash, clove, salt, green olives, mint, wood, tooth powder, lemons, mango. A soft malt that goes down very well.
Finish: smoke, peat, tangerines, clove, salt, spicy pickles, lingonberries, wood, tooth powder, hints of smoked meat, sugar water.
Score: 9. Between good and excellent. +2+2+2.
Conclusion: a tropical Ardbeg with the usual peat and smoke! A very drinkable malt, though a bit lacking in ABV. There's a somewhat distracting sweet wave in the aftertaste, so on the 100-point scale, one point could be reallocated from the finish to the aroma, which still leaves us at 90/100. I'd wanted to grab a bottle of Traigh Bhan for a long time, but the price always held me back. Finally managed to get one from batch 5. My 30th Ardbeg and 300th single malt from Islay tasted.
Batch 5
Matured in American Oak and Oloroso Sherry casks
Batch no: TB/05-12.02.2004/23.GM
Bottle code L2476662 02/05/2023 007076
Traigh Bhan (pronounced tri-van) is named for the famed "Singing Sands" Islay beach
Color: light gold.
Nose: peat, pine tree sap, dried squid, distinct notes of mango, smoke, iodine, guava, engine oil, wet newspaper, smoked fish, green peppers, furniture lacquer, tar, paraffin, lemons, tea leaves, blackcurrants, rose petals. Wonderful, mango notes are especially good.
Taste: smoky and oily, peat, light peppery notes, ash, clove, salt, green olives, mint, wood, tooth powder, lemons, mango. A soft malt that goes down very well.
Finish: smoke, peat, tangerines, clove, salt, spicy pickles, lingonberries, wood, tooth powder, hints of smoked meat, sugar water.
Score: 9. Between good and excellent. +2+2+2.
Conclusion: a tropical Ardbeg with the usual peat and smoke! A very drinkable malt, though a bit lacking in ABV. There's a somewhat distracting sweet wave in the aftertaste, so on the 100-point scale, one point could be reallocated from the finish to the aroma, which still leaves us at 90/100. I'd wanted to grab a bottle of Traigh Bhan for a long time, but the price always held me back. Finally managed to get one from batch 5. My 30th Ardbeg and 300th single malt from Islay tasted.
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