Ardbeg 1965 - OB

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Ardbeg 1965, miniature
Bottled 2005, 261 bottles 5 centiliter , Originalbuteljering, 42,1%
Officiell hemsida

Inköpt för SEK 1500 = 300 kr/cl 2 st oöppnade

Mina kommentarer:
Fick tag i den första på Duffy's pub på Islay. Nummer 2 köpte jag av en klubb tillsammans med den stora tomflaskan efter de hade haft den på provning.. Min poäng: 85 p

Tasting notes från whiskyfun: Officiella tasting notes:

Ardbeg 1965/2005 (42.1%, OB, Casks #3678-3679, 261 bottles)
This is the bottling that made many Ardbeg fans frown for the first time (but probably less than the new ‘gun case’ that really made us cringe) and I’m not particularly proud of myself today. Indeed, after having claimed to the Maniacs that I won’t bother to try any whisky that obviously can’t offer a decent Quality/Price Ratio anymore, here I am in Paris’ legendary Harry’s Bar, sitting (standing, actually) in front of that Ardbeg 1965 that maybe made people talk more about the white gloves that were delivered with it than about the whisky itself. Well, at least I’ve got an excuse, they were selling generous drams of it and at cost price, which, I must say, is quite unusual in days where (almost) everybody in the whisky business seems to be trying to make quick money as if there was no tomorrow.
Colour: amber. Nose: immediately very briny, very ‘maritime’ (sea breeze, seashells), with a layer of Seville oranges underneath. Big notes of orange marmalade getting more vivid, with also whiffs of birch tree smoke (well, any wood smoke, really) and touches of pu-erh tea. Barbecue (charcoal that’s just been lit). Gets more delicate and more complex with time, with notes of mocha, walnuts and leather polish. Softer but certainly not absent. Very high quality as far as the nose is concerned, but we’ve heard several times that the problem was on the palate... Let’s see. Mouth: the first impression is that it’s not tired at all, rather nervous, even if the oak’s acridness is striking right at first sip. Other than that there’s quite some verbena, old walnuts, resin and ‘smoked orange liqueur’... And always oak. Bizarrely it doesn’t taste like 'old' wood so we’re wondering whether the rumours about this one having been re-racked (in a rum cask, we’ve heard - correction, Dr. Lumsden just told MM's Ho-cheng it was bourbon) before bottling were right or wrong (well, they were right). ‘Nice’ bitterness but the whole gets even more tannic and drying after a while, the spirit itself having almost vanished (in Ileach limbo?). Finish: not very long, mostly on liquorice and tannins (almost like over-infused tea now). In short, this 1965 is a wonderful ‘nosing whisky’ but probably not a ‘palate whisky’ despite a pleasant attack.
86 points will be more than enough (huge gap between nose and palate here). Inga


Ardbeg 1965, miniature Bottled 2005, 261 bottles	5 centiliter , Originalbuteljering, 42,1% Officiell hemsida
Inköpt för SEK 1500 = 300 kr/cl	2 st oöppnade
Mina kommentarer: Fick tag i den första på Duffy's pub på Islay. Nummer 2 köpte jag av en klubb tillsammans med den stora tomflaskan efter de hade haft den på provning..	Min poäng: 85 p
Tasting notes från whiskyfun:	Officiella tasting notes:
Ardbeg 1965/2005 (42.1%, OB, Casks #3678-3679, 261 bottles) This is the bottling that made many Ardbeg fans frown for the first time (but probably less than the new ‘gun case’ that really made us cringe) and I’m not particularly proud of myself today. Indeed, after having claimed to the Maniacs that I won’t bother to try any whisky that obviously can’t offer a decent Quality/Price Ratio anymore, here I am in Paris’ legendary Harry’s Bar, sitting (standing, actually) in front of that Ardbeg 1965 that maybe made people talk more about the white gloves that were delivered with it than about the whisky itself. Well, at least I’ve got an excuse, they were selling generous drams of it and at cost price, which, I must say, is quite unusual in days where (almost) everybody in the whisky business seems to be trying to make quick money as if there was no tomorrow. Colour: amber. Nose: immediately very briny, very ‘maritime’ (sea breeze, seashells), with a layer of Seville oranges underneath. Big notes of orange marmalade getting more vivid, with also whiffs of birch tree smoke (well, any wood smoke, really) and touches of pu-erh tea. Barbecue (charcoal that’s just been lit). Gets more delicate and more complex with time, with notes of mocha, walnuts and leather polish. Softer but certainly not absent. Very high quality as far as the nose is concerned, but we’ve heard several times that the problem was on the palate... Let’s see. Mouth: the first impression is that it’s not tired at all, rather nervous, even if the oak’s acridness is striking right at first sip. Other than that there’s quite some verbena, old walnuts, resin and ‘smoked orange liqueur’... And always oak. Bizarrely it doesn’t taste like 'old' wood so we’re wondering whether the rumours about this one having been re-racked (in a rum cask, we’ve heard - correction, Dr. Lumsden just told MM's Ho-cheng it was bourbon) before bottling were right or wrong (well, they were right). ‘Nice’ bitterness but the whole gets even more tannic and drying after a while, the spirit itself having almost vanished (in Ileach limbo?). Finish: not very long, mostly on liquorice and tannins (almost like over-infused tea now). In short, this 1965 is a wonderful ‘nosing whisky’ but probably not a ‘palate whisky’ despite a pleasant attack. 86 points will be more than enough (huge gap between nose and palate here).	Inga