Ardmore 1977 Sc
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardmore |
| Bottler | Scott's Selection (Sc) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1977 |
| Bottled Year | 2003 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Sherry Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.1% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold (no pinkish colours)
air Nose
rather discreet at very first nosing, but getting then quite peaty like all recent Ardmores I could taste, with something sulphury and rubbery. Nothing excessive, though. Goes on with both mineral and meaty notes, with some wet limestone and smoked ham, getting then quite vegetal (whiffs of horseradish, celeriac). Hints of brunt matchsticks, fireplace… Rather sharp and austere in fact, with no obvious winey notes I could smell, which may be good news
restaurant Palate
rather powerful, sweeter than expected, again a little rubbery. Some distant notes of wine do emerge now, together with quite some gingerbread, fruit cake, eau-de-vie (Alsatian, of course). Notes of ripe strawberries, blackberries, icing sugar, cake… It’s very, very tasty, in fact, and far from being as unbalanced as I had feared (I usually don’t like wine-finished peaty malts). It keeps developing, getting a little peppery and unbilievably salty (salted liquorice). The finish is long and bold, on fruit eau-de-vie and salt… Very interesting, I’ll let my Alsatian friends who are winemakers taste it in the coming days, I’m curious about their reactions. 85 points . Ardmore 1977/2003 (58.1%, Scott's Selection)
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