Ardbeg 1997 Very Young

Overall rating: 85.90/100
votes: 74

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Ardbeg
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Committee Reserve
Vintage: 1997
Bottled: 2003
Stated Age: 06 years old
Number of bottles: 4002
Strength: 58.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Added on: 04 Jul 2007 10:00 pm

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€ 782,87

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Whisky Reviews for Ardbeg 1997 Very Young

10 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.90 points

ASWhisky scored this whisky 88 points
16 Jan 2014 1:07 pm
indeed a very young (6 years)
pity he was bottled in 2003
a few more years in a good barrel
and he would have blown me away

Nose

Iodine, salt, smoke, moldy sea and lemons (without water much pure alcohol)

Taste

I'm not a fan of water, but today it was not without
Caramel, peat, a lot of smoke, sweetness, citrus fruit, already a light taste of burnt bacon, delicate vanilla,

Finish

Smoke and peat, bacon, salt, little sweet warm and long
hs305 scored this whisky 80 points
07 May 2017 12:08 am

[May, 2004] I opend a bottle and finished it August, 2006. I bought it for 63 Euro in May, 2004.

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 it 80. My notes state a very immature profile with some flaws. Not the Ardbeg I used to know...
Dhugal MacArdry scored this whisky 72 points
11 Jun 2018 9:20 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  72 72
- Finish
  
  72 72
AH Whiskyvitrine scored this whisky 86 points
27 Apr 2018 6:00 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  86 86
- Finish
  
  87 87
Bram84 scored this whisky 84 points
20 Aug 2017 12:52 am
- Nose
  
  84 84
- Taste
  
  85 85
- Finish
  
  84 84
markkerr02 scored this whisky 83 points
15 May 2015 7:39 pm

Tried the whisky Very Young Ardbeg 1997/2003; 58.9% Coming from the first whisky that was distilled then Glenmorangie took over the ownership. Bottle sale especially for the members of the Ardbeg Committee. A total of 4002 bottles. In addition, a "mini-dram" was offered from fat samples, the 1975's and 1975's , 1990. The vote on Best Whisky gave the following results (Rank 1, 2 and 3, respectively, scored 3, 2, and 1, respectively). 1. Ardbeg Lord of the Isles 187 points 2. Ardbeg Uigeadail 98 points 3. Ardbeg 17Y 77 points 4. Ardbeg Committe Reserve 2002 72 points 5. Ardbeg Ten 50 points 6. Very Young Ardbeg 7 points http://smad.se/provningar/Provning%2040%20Ardbeg.html
zby0001 scored this whisky 88 points
09 Sep 2014 3:24 am
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  88 88
granella2003 scored this whisky 93 points
11 Aug 2013 11:45 am

This bottling was released especially for

members of the Ardbeg Committee (the free to join distillery club). A 6 year

old, this was the first release entirely using spirit distilled since the

distillery reopened in 1997. The idea was that comments were welcomed from the

committee, hence the `For Discussion...` branding.
ontherocks scored this whisky 86 points
09 Jan 2013 11:56 am

For me this one is clerly the best of all these Very young - Renaissance releases. It`s not as herbal in style as the 1998 and later distillates. This is the only 97 Ardbeg I tasted yet and I think it`s much closer in style to the Ardbegs from the old times then what theay produced later. But it`s definitely what it`s called: Very young.
Willie JJ scored this whisky 87 points
18 Aug 2011 6:57 pm
Ok I know its young, but it's great spirit and it has obviously been
matured in fine casks. I understand that the sheer intensity of it may
not be for everyone, but frankly if I'm in the mood for it this is great
stuff. Yum!

Nose

Iodine, carbolic and lint. I suspect this is what Lister's ward must
have smelt like when he was experimenting with antisepsis in the 1850s
and 60s. Fresh sea air and shellfish too.

Taste

Salt and spice, salt and spice, but then the youth of the dram breaks out with Ardbeg new-make notes all over the place.

Finish

Endlessly sizzling on the tongue like salty sherbet.

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