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This 12 year old, 2009 vintage Ardmore has been finished in an STR Barrique, before bottling at 60.3%. 88pts Whiskybase
700 ml Low StockProducer Tasting Note
Nose: Toasted oak with a hint of Black Forest Gateau. Mild spiciness.
Palate: More peat than expected with a rich sweetness (oak, vanilla, syrup).
Finish: Sweet and syrupy with a slight peppery tingle in the aftertaste.
Originally written by Evan for a blog post relating to KWM's 2020 Whisky Calendar.
Ardmore distillery was founded in 1898 and was purpose-built to provide whisky for Blending, as pretty much all distilleries were at the time. However with Ardmore that hasn’t changed much – even today just about all of Ardmore’s is still being used for blending, trading stock, or selling.
Only a small portion of Ardmore Single Malt Scotch lands in official bottles released by Ardmore and its parent company Beam Suntory. When it comes to profile and releases, Bowmore and Laphroaig get plenty of attention, being the Islay darlings that they are. Auchentoshan in the Lowlands gets similar treatment. Even Glen Garioch gets more releases, and that is saying something!
One of the reasons Ardmore is the heart of Teacher’s Highland Cream and also sought after by independent bottlers is that just about all of the whisky produced at the distillery is moderately peated. I have only tasted one unpeated Ardmore that I can recall. There is also a lighter peated style that the distillery makes which is sometimes dubbed Ardlair. I suspect some of the Ardmore I have tasted have been this style, which tends to amp up the sweet, creamy and ashy notes of the whisky.
$194.99
This peated Arran single malt was filled into an ex-Bourbon Barrel in 2011, and was bottled in 2021 after 10 years at 56.3%. 87.5pts Whiskybase
$254.99
A mainland peated malt from Ardmore. Distilled in 2005, matured for 16 years in a Hogshead, and bottled in 2022.
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 51.3% abv
$151.99
Part of a massive 42 bottle collection of whiskies, wherein each release represents a character from Shakespeare's MacBeth.
Mainland malt matured in ex-Laphroaig barrels. Y'all know how good these have been in the past. Won't last long.
Producer Note: “Ardmore, unusually for a Highland distillery, creates a consistently brilliant peated whisky, yet it has often lived in the shadows as a single malt. I am pleased to bring this gem to the stage as one of The Household: for Seyton, beholden to Macbeth, it has been matured in a cask from its intensely smoky Islay cousin, yet retains a fresh, herbaceous quality.”
Natural colour, non-chill filtered, and bottled at 52.5% abv
$104.99
This 11 Year Old Ardmore from indie bottler Cadenhead was distilled in 2012 and matured entirely in Ruby Port casks. Bottled at 46%.
