Ardmore Traditional

Description

The 2007 release of this ‘Traditional Cask’ was the first official single malt from the Ardmore distillery, this is a young whisky, but it was aged in quarter casks, which proffers a speedy maturation thus discounting its youth.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Full of caramel. Toasted oak is evident and rich and just the faintest peat has muscled its way through.

Palate: Lots of barley and cereal notes, oodles of rich bourbon, smoke and peat still present. Charming interplay through the caramel sweetness and the vanilla spiced oak.

Finish: Has a sharp edge, more caramel and sugary barley notes and a lanolin smoothness and more tapering smoke.