Ardbeg 1992 28 Year Old Edition #2 The Kinship

$950.00

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Hunter Laing

70cl / 50.1%

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Ardbeg 1992 28 Year Old Edition #2 The Kinship

Ardbeg 1992 28 Year Old Edition

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Hunter Laing

70cl / 50.1%

Firstly, A 1992 Ardbeg single malt from indie bottler Hunter Laing, matured in a single cask for 28 years, before being bottled as part of its Kinship series for Virtual Feis Ila 2020.

This one’s commemorating ‘the virtual Feis Ile of 2020’. Having said that, I’ve often noticed that given the amounts of whiskies consumed, Feis Ile’s always been pretty virtual to quite some friends. What’s more, I find it charming that they would do some vintageless bottling – I suppose this is ‘Laphroaig-made Ardbeg’ from the early 1990s, when Ian Henderson’s team used to do a few runs a year to keep the equipment at Ardbeg fit. Colour: white wine. Nose: typical of those years, rather more on oils (sunflower, grape pips) and all kinds of waxes. Paraffin oil, brake fluid, concrete, chalk, touches of mezcal (typical too), olives, smoked fish, seashells… With water: gears towards paraffin and embrocations. Pencil eraser, menthol, Vicks’ best. Mouth (neat): amazing what good age does to any whisky. Not that the twenties were young, but this is different. Ardbeg 1992 28 Year Old Edition #2 The Kinship

After all, remember malt whisky is barley plus water plus oak plus time, and that without time it’s vodka. Ahem. Anyway, brilliant Ardbeg once again, at a perfect age. Rather more on chalk, wax and lemons, then brine and clams. Great balance. With water: wood smoke, toffee, buttered tea, praline, smoky nougat or something… Finish: rather long, relatively gentler, with echoes of Jamaican rum this time. Perfect menthol too, also citron and tangerine liqueurs. The aftertaste is extremely smoky and ashy – as we sometimes say, you just licked the ashtray. Comments: amazing to see how these batches reach the 30-yo mark, while they were sometimes a little wobbly when younger. Great job, dear Mr Henderson!

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