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Gordon & MacPhail Ardmore 1990 Cask Strength

Brand Gordon & MacPhail
Expression Ardmore 1990 Cask Strength
Type Scotch Whisky / Single Malt
Vintage 1990
Abv 55.80%
Produced at Gordon & MacPhail
Region Speyside
Availability All good spirit merchants
Guide Price £26-£40 (US$41-US$65)
Website http://www.gordonandmacphail.com

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 39 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson

Nose
Slight peat. Burnt wood. Faintly astringent.
Palate
On the light side for this whisky. The big, creamy maltiness that I expect in Ardmore seems to have attenuated instead to a papery, metallic, thinness.
Finish
Quick. Astringent.
Comment
Starts slowly, and seems uncertain as to where it is going.

Dave Broom

Nose
Light. Sweet eating apples (Cox), crusty bread, banana, sage. It's a bloody picnic! Perfumed with light smoke and a vegetal note. Hint of linoleum.
Palate
Soft. Medium bodied. Cooked apple, lemon and lime zest and sweet spices. Understated.
Finish
A wisp of peat smoke.
Comment
A good example from an underrated distillery. Now all we need is an Allied bottling.

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