Ardmore 100th anniversary (en)

This is a bottle which results are quite surprizing. Carefully selected, this 12 years of age whisky was distilled in 1986 who has spent 12 years in casks and  already another 12 years in bottle. This is an expensive bottle that is available only in the best tax free shops. A bottle of prestige. It seems that this has not really convinced the jury of this blind tasting that awarded him blind an average of 82.28 points and a gap of 28 points between the highest rating (88) and the lowest score (60). This bottle isup to 400 pounds on some sites ...

Here are the notes extremes:

Corbuso

Colour: Gold-old gold. Nose: Starchy, floral, rather grassy, malty, on pollen and some honey. Rather round. Taste: Oily, creamy, grassy, with a light maltiness, some floral smoky notes, rather big and with a light fragrance. Complex. Diluted, it becomes even more complex, with some light fruity notes of the orchards. The finish is medium, grassy, with a touch of honey, some floral and smoky notes, and a slight bitterness. Impression: This might not be everyone’s tipple, but I really enjoyed this complex, rather big, grassy and lightly peated whisky that certainly comes from a very old distillery in the so-called Eastern Highlands region. A very good dram.

Blackmalt

Colour: intense golden Strange nose. Somewhat animal, organic. the smell of "coffee liégeois"? Smells of hot caramelare evident. With this, a little background of peat and ash. Then the aeration, there is very little over ... Some indescribable flavor, perhaps? Palate: medium hot and spicy woody. For the moment there is not much apart from a distant bitterness. Finale of time. More pungent than the mouth. But still a shocking lack of flavor. Comment: .. Not much to say in conclusion. I did not like. I felt nothing. Several possibilities. Or whisky is really bad, or my sample was a concern .. Or my taste. In any case, the second sample for this and my conclusions are the same.

To see the whole set of results, please go to: http://www.whisky-distilleries.info/WhiskyWDTS/2011-05/Bottle6_EN.shtml