Adelphi Ardmore 2002 18 Years Old Highland

1 of only 226 bottles / Cask# 285 / Refill Bourbon HogsheadDrawn from a refill bourbon hogshead, displaying a good bead and yellow gold in colour. The pungent, spicy nose is bursting with prunes, forest floor, peanut brittle, kippers, speck and soot. The palate expands on this with leather, pine needles, green peppercorns, brine, Old Spice and the smouldering remnants of last night’s barbecue. A lengthy, green finish brings this one home in style.William Teacher’s son Adam Teacher established Ardmore Distillery in 1898 at Kennethmont in Scotland’s Highland whisky region. He selected an ideal site to the south of Huntly with a plentiful supply of soft highland water from springs on the hills to the north and peat to hand. With Kennethmont railway station on the Great North of Scotland Railway was right next door. Now equipped with eight stills and continuing to supply a large proportion of its malt whisky to blends, the official Ardmore single malt range, including Ardmore Traditional and Ardmore 12-year Port Wood, remains limited. Ardmore Single Malt has a long commitment to quality. With an unshakable belief in traditional distilling methods and using aromatic smoke from natural, Highland peat fires to dry our malted barley.