Ardmore 1998 TWA
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ardmore |
| Bottler | The Whisky Agency (TWA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2022 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 천천히 회전시키면 옅은 황금빛이 잔 벽을 따라 미끄러진다. 잔에 코를 가까이 대면 1998년 빈티지 아드모어답게 가벼운 피트 스모크와 호그스헤드의 바닐라 향이 함께 마중한다. 곧이어 마른 보리와 비스킷이 따라 올라온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 21년 숙성의 단단한 보디감과 50.9도 알코올이 균형을 잡는다. 옅은 스모크와 캐러멜이 입천장을 또렷이 덮는다. 삼킨 뒤 따라가는 여운에서 흙 노트와 구운 보리의 잔향이 한참 깃든다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
quite a striking first aroma of fabric softener, dried herbs, lemon rind and citronella wax. Also some very gentle notes of freshly baked breads, pollen, chamomile tea, wildflowers and some slightly coastal-accented greenery such as myrtle and gorse bush. In time it becomes more clearly coastal with a rather crisp saltiness, plain dry cereals and heather flowers. Calm, subtle and very charming; you can use at least one of those words to describe Dornoch Castle I would say. With water: drier, chalkier, leaner, more towards fabrics, linens, crushed green leaves, trampled greenery, moss and earthy potting sheds
restaurant Palate
wonderfully herbal upon arrival, lots of crushed nettles, dried mint, thyme, gorse and also things like gooseberry acidity - it’s almost a sauvignon blanc - more lemon peel, chalk and hibiscus. These herbal qualities become rather medical as well with cough sweet notes. Wee mineral touches, hessian, paraffin, sheep wool, vitamin tablets in soda water, aspirin, ink and an almost effervescent, ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ sweetness. With water: a more concentrated herbal quality. Mineral salts, lemon jelly, aspirin again - there’s a really thready, deft medical quality running through this one. Some soft notes of sandalwood and dried thyme
timer Finish
long and again very gentle and cohesive. In that it’s hard to pull it apart into separate components. It feels very together as a whisky. Lots of herbs, medicines, roots, soot, chalk, minerals and an almost threadbare peat all folded in on each other