The Ardmore 12 yo Port Wood Finish

 

 

 

46°

Distillery : The Ardmore - Speyside

American White Oak Bourbon Barrels and European Port Pipes Finish

Original Bottling 

Core Range

Single Malt 

Launched in 2015

Unchillfiltered

Peated around 12 ppm

 

 

 

This one is the only aged version in the distillery's Core Range. First released in 2015, it has now become its most important reference. It is not chill-filtered, but it is coloured and reduced to 46°.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

Red fruits with a hint of smoke, raspberry jam, the smoothness of Port. A touch of liquorice and chocolate, perhaps a bit of tobacco. Damsons, gooseberries, muscat grapes, a pinch of cinnamon. After a while, the fruit becomes deeper, almost complex. Notes of honey and mirabelle plums. On the palate, there's a lovely suave woodiness, blueberries and strawberries, olive oil, it's liquorous, with traces of undergrowth and black berries. Then the spices rise, quite strong, cumin, pepper and cloves. Brown tobacco. Long finish, the caramel comes through, fudge, liquorice stick, cola, bark, black tea. Coal and chocolate.

 

In Short, 

I have to say that it's much better than I expected. The Port is very well brought out and deep, complex and bewitching. The downside is that it lacks the typical profile of this distillery, but you can't have everything. As for the price, it's more than fair, in my opinion you can go for it without hesitation.

Score : 87 

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                                           Kiki Rockwell - Syrena