Whisky Ardbeg 17 YEARS OLD - 40% - 70 CL

Released over 25 years ago in 1997, 17YO was one of the first bottles to leave the Distillery after reopening. Unusually delicate, yet unmistakably Ardbeg, this whisky found a place in the hearts of the Committee, and set an extraordinary standard for our future.

PALATE A beautiful, creamy texture is followed by a lovely combination of flavours, with aniseed toffee, café latte, fennel and gentle antiseptic soap. The peat smoke is present, but in a very restrained manner, and leads into a lingering aftertaste with chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar.

NOSE Fresh and clean, with hints of pine resin, aniseed, sea spray and lavender soap-very gentle, very restrained, and rather elegant for an Ardbeg. With water, there is a dist