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The smoky icon reimagined. A long-awaited revival of a peaty classic.
Ardbeg’s 17 Year Old expression was first launched in the late 1990s, a softer, more rounded take on Islay’s most famously peated malt. Now, “The Legend Returns” in spectacular fashion, honouring the original while bringing in a new era of refinement and balance.
This re-release delivers everything Ardbeg fans love: deep maritime smoke, citrus oil zing, crushed mint, and smouldering herbal complexity, all mellowed beautifully by nearly two decades of cask maturity. Rich and layered, it’s the kind of dram that demands attention but rewards every slow sip.
Crafted in limited quantities, this is a must for collectors and fans of Ardbeg’s evolving history.
Ardbeg 17 Year Old – The Legend Returns revives a beloved classic with elegant smoke, citrus zest, and mellow maritime charm.
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.
