[April, 2000]  I had this dram during an Ardbeg rarities tasting at Rolandsbogen.  The price of this fine tasting was as low as 180 Deutschmark (90 Euro) plus 70 Deutschmark for an excellent four-course dinner. 

In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50 - 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored this 87,5 points.  My notes state it is significantly more punchy (peppery) and much sweeter than the 10-years old guaranteed bottled during the early eighties (WB id 12324).  Due to exydation the nosing profile changes over time.

It was an extraordinary decadent line-up this evening:
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/25438/ardbeg-1975-rwd
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/22965/ardbeg-1975-ca
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/13870/ardbeg-ten
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/12324/ardbeg-10-year-old-guaranteed
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/1636/ardbeg-1974-gm
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/3143/ardbeg-1976-gm
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/43686/ardbeg-1964-gm
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/62/ardbeg-30-year-old-very-old
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/7342/ardbeg-1967-sv
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/7341/ardbeg-1967-sv
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/675/ardbeg-1974-provenance
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/1306/ardbeg-1976-cask-2391

and a bonus dram "one for the road"
- https://www.whiskybase.com/whisky/4235/ardbeg-1972-dl

21 22 23 22 88

the most delicate and delicious dram, such 10 years are no longer made ...

Fruity and smoky aroma, orange, apple, smoked

salmon, juniper branches, cinnamon and vanilla. Vanilla sweet taste,

barbequed red peppers, mint, malt and heather honey. Long, spicy, tary

and malty end.