A new release from Adelphi’s Ardnamurchan Distillery! This bottling sees our beloved partially-peated Highland spirit aged in ex-Caribbean Rum casks! (Jamaican Distillery, Unknown which)
This bottling sees Ardnamurchan in a new light. Where it is often creamy, rich spirit, that seems to re-absorb its on peat on the palate, resulting in that classic. custard-like tasting note, this batch is lighter, as if dancing on a sea breeze. A peppery note from the rum casks sits at the centre of this release, around it vanilla, burning plantain leaves, and underground smoke revolves, think of a beach-oven barbeque! This bottling is a fun one, perhaps the most unique and exciting AD we have seen other than the Paul Lanois series.
55% isn’t felt on the palate, other than a little bit of lingering heat on the finish.
As with all the releases from the distillery, a QR code on the label gives you access to as much information on the production as possible. — Founder, Alex Bruce described the whisky made at Ardnamurchan as being of its environment. “We chose Arndamurchan, this remote, rugged, highland, west coastal peninsula, we chose it to build a distillery, not because it would be impossible to get to and all that sort of stuff, but most importantly we chose it because of the climate and what it is and what it can do to whisky.”
“We’ve built a distillery, we’re trying to make the best possible spirit that we can but everything else we’re handing over to the environment. If I was to copy and paste Ardnamurchan somewhere else in Scotland or somewhere else in the world, you would get a very different whisky. The profile that we are naturally getting out there is a very maritime, very coastal profile.”
