Ardbeg 30 years Old & Rare The Platinum Selection 47.8% 1975

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (90)

Colour: straw. Nose: starts a little less expressively than the ‘180’ but much straighter, cleaner and more typically Ardbeg. At random, we have gunflints, peat smoke, wet wool, seashells, wet earth (and clay), humus, our beloved ‘clean wet dog’ (sorry again, dogs), brown coal, almonds, lemons and green tea. Bl**dy typical. No sign of sour apple notes this time. Mouth: yes, this a nicely sharp, peaty, lemony and earthy Ardbeg. Big saltiness again, notes of cough syrup, a little mint, lemon pie, pepper, rather big notes of verbena, liquorice... Excellent Ardbeg this time (but it makes its bro even more underwhelming by comparison). Finish: lingering, peaty, lemony, peppery and salty. Classic.