Ardbeg – 1974 Sherry Wood (75cl, 59.00%)

Ardbeg – 1974 Sherry Wood is a single malt whisky from Ardbeg (Islay). Bottled at 59.00% ABV, 75cl. Matured in sherry casks. One of two 1974 vintage Ardbeg produced for Silvano Samaroli. Bottled at cask strength in 1983 by long-time business partners R.W. Duthie & Co. Almost unbelievably, Samaroli reportedly had great difficulty selling this first release in his Ardbeg series. It was not until a few years later that demand for this type of peaty flavours began to increase in Italy. A distillery located on the south coast of the Isle of Islay. It is currently part of the Scotch whisky holdings of LVMH. Despite being closed twice in the latter 20th century, the distillery's heavily-peated single malt has always been highly-regarded. Condition: Label: staining and soiling present. Capsule: tissue/paper wrap deteriorated and partially detached.