Signatory Vintage Ardmore 9 years 2009: a simple and sharp single malt whisky
Signatory Vintage Ardmore 2009 is a medicinal single malt whisky, dry, herbaceous, and peaty, but with grace. It’s not particularly round, indeed, it prefers to be grumpy, without ever exaggerating, even if a good dose of peat is always there to give you a couple of slaps.
If you consider the price, not even 69 euros, it’s a pleasant and pungent, mentholated dram, excellent for chewing herring and coal in the morning before embarking on the Scottish fishing boats that ply the ocean.
If you are looking for a smoky single malt, but easy to approach, not too complex, try it and it will not disappoint you. If, on the other hand, you want something more substantial, change the bottle immediately, this one does not want to be the definitive distillate.
How it is produced
The Ardmore distillery is one of the most interesting and unusual in Speyside. This is because it makes peaty whiskeys, which aren’t common in the area, and it keeps making more and more products with unique and changing tastes. In this case, the distillation took place in 2009, and then the distillate is aged for 10 years in ex Bourbon barrels. He doesn’t even see a shadow of Sherry.
Organoleptic characteristics
Golden yellow color. The bouquet is subtle, hitting you with lashings of salt, honey, coal and heather. The pace is fast, the air aggressive and pungent, camphor and dry hay. It does not give up, and only in the finish does the oxidized almond note come out with a delicate fruit based on citrus and pear. Mild sweet spices. It doesn’t let go, it’s not a sumptuous distillate.
On the palate, it is sharp, with a salty and peppery boost. The sensation of warmth is good, but not portentous, it flows lightly, freshly, supported by a flavor of licorice and alpine herbs. The thickness is diaphanous, it has a light step, despite the 46 degrees, which it carries without problem, indeed lightly.
Price
68-7 euros: it’s cheap and well done.
