Ardbeg 17 The Legend Returns

First released over 25 years ago in 1997, 17 Years Old was one of the first bottles to leave the Ardbeg Distillery after reopening.

Unusually delicate, yet unmistakably Ardbeg, this malt set an extraordinary standard. Retired in 2004, Ardbeggians thought that was the last they’d see of 17. But, while times have been moving quietly on, its return has been years in the making..

The Ardbeg whisky creation team, Dr. Bill Lumsden and Gillian MacDonald, has closely followed the elements that made the original so legendary among Ardbeg fans.

Tasting Notes from the maker:

Aroma: 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, malted barley, and a touch of toasting bread.

Taste: 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

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.

Botterling Date: 2024

40%ABV

70cl