Ardbeg 1974 GM

Overall rating: 90.09/100
votes: 83

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Ardbeg
Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail (GM)
Bottling serie: Connoisseurs Choice
Vintage: 1974
Bottled: 1996
Calculated age: 22 years old
Strength: 40.0 % Vol.
Size: 50 ml 700 ml
Label: Old Map Label
Bottle code: IF/ACA or IF/CIF
Barcode: 5020613148024
Added on: 25 Jan 2009 11:07 am

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€ 722,63

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Whisky Reviews for Ardbeg 1974 GM

6 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 90.09 points

Falnor scored this whisky 89 points
15 Aug 2018 6:33 pm
Great to taste a Ardbeg from long ago. This one is more into the tar kind of peat than just smoke. Sweet malt, with cooked fruits and a rather gentle character. This abv should be a bit higher, but not a weak body.
Tasting Van der Boog, Rijswijk.

Nose

90 90

Taste

88 88

Finish

89 89
vmu scored this whisky 85 points
30 Mar 2016 10:28 am
In the nose unmistakably a Ardbeg long gone times, clear smoke with beautifully integrated sweet malt notes. In the mouth he is a bit weaker than in the nose, maybe 43% would have done him rather well. The malty sweetness comes out clearly. From the body, he does not approach the OA's, who came to the market a short time later. The 1975-he, which was first bottled under Glenmorangie brings here in comparison significantly more oiliness. The here tested 74 of GM would have done here a few percent more alcohol good.
And please always note: These are personal, subjective taste impressions.
- Nose
  
  90 90
- Taste
  
  85 85
- Finish
  
  87 87
Przemyslaw Kopanczyk scored this whisky 87 points
06 Feb 2016 11:24 am
http://www.worldwhiskybase.com/a/49-ardbeg/831-ardbeg-1974-gordon-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-1996-40.html

Nose

8,7 Mocno torfowa z nutą kawy, miodu oraz czerwonego grejpfruta z akcentem polnych kwiatów.

Taste

8,8 Trochę jakby przypalone masło z nutą śliwki, soli i białej czekolady z akcentem torfu.

Finish

8,7 Dobrej długości, rozgrzewający z nutą imbiru, wanilii, cytryny oraz torfu.
tebond968 scored this whisky 91 points
18 Apr 2015 6:27 pm

Ardbeg 1974/1996, 40%, G & M Connoisseurs Choice
Blessed old Ardbeg without a peat explosion but with a lot of fruit. In the nose that gives pear, peach and apricot, with salt, iodine and also a nice tuft of soft peat. In the taste wood joins the fruit and the peat. Seaweed also and a slight spiciness. Elegance in the superlative! Long finish on sweet peat and herbs. Nice balance between fruit, salt and peat, and everything so soft ... clean! Maybe he would score higher on a higher alcohol percentage, but the subtle soft character of this whisky is perhaps his greatest 'strength'. 91/100 http://onversneden.com/2010/03/30/twee-ardbegs-1974/
The Macallan scored this whisky 88 points
05 Apr 2014 4:20 pm

An interesting bottle I once tasted at place where they serve a luxurious/rare selection of whiskies. Some smokiness, but yet that salty sweetness with some nice hints of oak.
SilentStill scored this whisky 90 points
01 Nov 2012 10:57 pm

Interesting mild furniture policy note

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