Ardbeg 17 Year Old 2024 Committee Release

Refined Islay single malt aged 17 years, bottled at 40% with a faithful return to the original recipe. Balmy, medicinal peat with notes of tar, oak, smoky malt and mineral brightness. Ardbeg Committee Exclusive Islay Single Malt Scotch 17 year old 40% ABV 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 distinctive, flinty minerality, along with subtle hints of sweet peat smoke, malt 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 Finish: The peat smoke is present, but in a very restrained manner, and leads into a lingering aftertaste with chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar.