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Ardbeg
Whisky: Ardbeg 1976-1999
Serie: Connoisseurs Choice
Age: 23 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 1976
Bottled: 1999
Strength: 40%
   
Distillery: Ardbeg Distillery
Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail
Country: Scotland: Islay
   
 
Date: 01-12-2001
Nose: Slightly medicinal, a little sour.
Flavour: A little sweet, wood.
Body: Full, complex, smooth.
Comments: It lacks the harder edge of the 10y and 17y, but (thankfully) still a great whisky.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++-- ---- (8.5)
   
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