Tasting Notes

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Ardbeg 17

Country: Scotland

Region: Islay

Type: Single Malt

Bottler: Hart Brothers

ABV: 46%

Score: 91 Points

This Ardbeg single cask bottling from Hart Brothers has a dry nose with hints of peat and wood smoke, old leather, and cloves. The taste is dry and smooth with a perfect touch of peat balanced with seaweed and brine, leather notes, pipe tobacco, and cloves leading to a lingering finish. Not a peat monster, but it doesn’t need to be. (2008)