Ardmore Distillery
ABV 55.8%
Starts slowly, and seems uncertain as to where it is going.
Michael Jackson
Gordon & MacPhail
Brand
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottler
1990, Cask Strength
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
55.8%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
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.
Score: 7.5
Taster
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.
Score: 8
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