Ardbeg – 1974 Flying Turf Flight No. 2 Cask No. 3306 (52.2%)

This is an Ardbeg from the Flying Turf series, Flight no. 2, distilled on 12 July 1974 and bottled on 31 August 2006. It matured in a bourbon hogshead, cask no. 3306, and was bottled at 52.2% without chill filtration or added colour. Only 126 bottles were filled. The nose opens with medicinal lozenges, menthol and mint humbugs, then lime, lemon sherbet, ripe figs, melon, sea spray and smoky treacle toffee. The palate is rich and fruity, with citrus wrapped in gentle peat smoke, charred toast with marmalade, liquorice, glace cherries and roasted coffee. The finish is long and chewy, with lingering smoke, citrus and liquorice.