Ardbeg 1998 Renaissance

Overall rating: 87.74/100
votes: 469

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Ardbeg
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Vintage: 1998
Bottled: 2008
Stated Age: 10 years old
Number of bottles: 21000
Strength: 55.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: L8 121
Barcode: 5010494294286
Added on: 14 Jun 2008 5:37 pm

Average value

€ 331,06

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Whisky Reviews for Ardbeg 1998 Renaissance

51 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.74 points

ASWhisky scored this whisky 90 points
16 Jan 2014 1:28 pm
wow that's good

Nose

salty stale seawater, peat, smoked ham, salt, light fruit, medicine

Taste

mmh. a taste explosion smoke, peat, candied fruits, iodine, coffee, a lot of caramel,

Finish

long, hot, smoky, candied fruit, smoke, fish, old rope
jazzpianofingers scored this whisky 88 points
29 May 2019 8:44 pm

https://whiskylovingpianist.wordpress.com/2019/05/17/feis-ile-2018-ardbeg-day-excise-house-tasting/

N: Noticeably more mineral-led/more contemporary in style than the 21yo, whilst tempting us with its well-loved bourbon-light fruity honeyed buttery-earthy dunnage style.
T: Certainly a more contemporary coastal style with beautiful underlying barley spirit. Top notes talk of a fizzy sweetness, a sugary sweetness, salty sizzle-y lemons and oysters.
F: Sweet fresh and salty, the abv strength carrying this one far and wide. Easily the smokiest of the lot yet it’s no smoke bomb compared to uber-smoke-driven contemporary malts from in the last decade. Super form.
C: One that stylistically treads the line between then & now. Right up there with the stalwart standard 10yo.
gossm01 scored this whisky 91 points
27 May 2019 10:31 pm
Nose

91 91

Vanilla, pipe tobacco, intense smoke, refreshing mint

Taste

91 91

earthy and slightly sweet, honey, dark chocolate

Finish

90 90

Pleasantly warm and mild
schengel10 scored this whisky 85 points
18 Mar 2019 2:19 pm
The Ardbeg Renaissance - the fourth (of four) bottlings on the "Peaty Path to Maturation", Limited Edition 2008;
Finally a 10-year-old - a very good Islay Malt!
[Color] white wine;

Nose

some smoke, sweetness, herbs, salt, vanilla;

Taste

undiluted: full on, smoke, pepper, ginger, sea salt, lemon;
diluted: wonderfully creamy, caramel, voluminous, complex;

Finish

long, peaty finish; Ash and ginger sound;
Falnor scored this whisky 84 points
15 Aug 2018 6:41 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

84 84

Finish

84 84
laurensl scored this whisky 89 points
10 Aug 2018 4:03 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

89 89
ricallende scored this whisky 92 points
21 May 2018 8:41 pm
Nose

Very herbaceous and some what green at first followed by some quite sweet and honeyed peat smoke. Menthol and burnt twigs.

Taste

There is lots of peat reek, sweetness, liquorice and it’s warming but not much else.

Finish

The finish is quite big, mild damp ash followed by pleasant moments of sweetness and the peat reek and the lumber notes. Loads of peat that carries on forever along with a large dollop of bitterness. After a number of minutes the finish levels off and is quite pleasant.
oppi scored this whisky 78 points
23 Feb 2018 12:25 pm
Nose

Pretty smoky .. Very strong chocolate

Taste

Smoky Something malty

Finish

Long and intense
stefsel111 scored this whisky 88 points
29 Jan 2018 10:56 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  89 89
- Finish
  
  89 89
St. Pauli scored this whisky 86 points
13 Oct 2017 7:16 am
This is not an easy whisky. It has a fair wood effect, which makes adding water a tad tricky: too much water will kill it (by becoming too tannic). Overall, it's a good whisky, better than the youngish stuff that is released nowadays.

Nose

Obviously the same profile as the "Almost there", but creamier due to the fact that the wood had its effect. It's certainly friendlier. Lemon milkshake, toast, wood chips, cut grass, a hint of a farmyard, oysters, kippers, and moss.

Taste

Quite punchy and hot without dilution. It has plenty of pepper, licorice root, lemon zest, and salted peat. With water, it opens up, becomes friendlier, rounder in the beginning, but tannic towards the end. It's more on candied lemon, stem ginger (with an increasing intensity), and licorice root.

Finish

Moderately long, rather woody than peaty (although the peat is still detectable). It's a combination of salt, ash, licorice, ginger and pepper.

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