46°
Distillery : The Ardmore - Speyside
Oloroso Sherry Butt
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Uncoloured
Peated around 12 ppm
And here's the cask specially selected for the Whisky Live Paris event. Bottled on the eve of France's National Day, it yielded 867 bottles. Signatory Vintage supplied the cask, as it does every year. I don't know how long they've been producing a bottle especially for Whisky Live, but I do know that last year, in 2022, it was a Bunnahabhain, and in 2021, it was a Caol Ila. Like the others, this one is reduced to 46°, but this one is a little older, and it doesn't say on the bottle whether it's non-chill filtered. Still, it would be surprising if it were.
Let's Taste It :
Buttery bread, beautiful peat, intense and smoky, but not overpowering either, evanescent vanilla and white plum, touches of ethereal iodine that give a lovely fullness. Cereals, with cracked wheat and cut hay, but it's also very slightly dirty, with motor oil and gas oil. On the palate, it's like a sweet, with vanilla and lemon, honeyed, unctuous with a hint of acidity. Soft toffee, gingerbread, light spices. The finish is fairly long but not very strong, with cloves, chestnuts and Indian spices. Malty notes.
In Short,
The Ardmore distillery was one of the highlights of this Whisky Live. Several very interesting Ardmores were offered for tasting, of which this is one of the least remarkable. But that's no big deal, the special bottlings for Whisky Live are mostly something commemorative, it's never a great whisky. Incidentally, I found this one better than its predecessors, older and more nuanced thanks to the Oloroso Sherry Butt. On the other hand, the price is high, but it will always look good on the shelf.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Wildmen Bluesband - It's Freezing in My Heart
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