Gordon & MacPhail / 1990, Cask Strength

Gordon & MacPhail

Ardmore

1990, Cask Strength

ABV 55.8%
REVIEWED Issue 39

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Specifications

Brand: Ardmore, Gordon & MacPhail
Expression: 1990, Cask Strength
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 55.8%
Country/Region: Scotland / Highland
Bottling type: Independent Bottling
Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Light. Sweet eating apples (Cox), crusty bread, banana, sage. It's a bloody picnic! Perfumed with light smoke and a vegetal note. Hint of linoleum.
Palate: Soft. Medium bodied. Cooked apple, lemon and lime zest and sweet spices. Understated.
Finish: A wisp of peat smoke.
Comment: A good example from an underrated distillery. Now all we need is an Allied bottling.

8.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Slight peat. Burnt wood. Faintly astringent.
Palate: On the light side for this whisky. The big, creamy maltiness that I expect in Ardmore seems to have attenuated instead to a papery, metallic, thinness.
Finish: Quick. Astringent.
Comment: Starts slowly, and seems uncertain as to where it is going.

7.5

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Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Highland, Scotland

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