Ardbeg 17 Years Old

A New Committee Exclusive for 2024

Released in 1997, over 25 years ago, 17 Years Old was a peaty pioneer that paved the way for future Ardbegs. Beloved by the Committee, it was one of the first bottles to leave the Distillery’s doors after reopening. Now, as it leaves once more, this legendary dram traces the old profile note by note. Renewed, 17 Years Old returns home…just as extraordinary as it was before. 

Fresh pine resin, enticing aromas of malted barley and toasted bread perch on the palate. Delicate notes of cocoa powder and caffé latte soar alongside hints of oak smoke and chewy aniseed toffee. The peat returns for an enormously long finale. Welcome back, 17.

Ex-bourbon casks, ABV 40%. 70cl.

UNUSUALLY DELICATE, YET UNMISTAKABLY ARDBEG

Colour:

Bronze

Aroma:

Fresh and clean, with hints of pine resin, aniseed, sea spray and lavender soap- very gentle, very restrained, and rather elegant for an Ardbeg. With water, there is a distinctive, flinty minerality, along with subtle hints of sweet peat smoke, malted barley, and a touch of toasting bread.

Taste:

A beautiful, creamy texture is followed by a lovely combination of flavours, with aniseed toffee, café latte, fennel and gentle antiseptic soap. The peat smoke is present, but in a very restrained manner, and leads into a lingering aftertaste with chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar.

Finish:

The peat smoke is present, but in a very restrained manner, and leads into a lingering aftertaste with chewy oak, cocoa powder and tar.