About Ardbeg Single Cask No 247 Embassy Exclusive – 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Cask 247/2013
Distilled under the supervision of Dr Bill on the 20th Febuary 2013
Wholly matured for 8 years in a 2nd Fill Manzanilla Butt
Combining notes of smoked nuts with spice and brown-sugar sweetness, it gives Cask No. 0247, an Ardbeg legend, a unique twist.
Colour: MahoganyNose: Curiously dry and almost musty on the nose, with a note of reminiscent of a damp warehouse floor. Water releases some distinctive oily and nutty aromas, the roasted Brazil nut, fragrant woodsmoke, and a very distinctive, noticeable herbal top note.Taste: Peppery and warming on the palate, with flavours of smoked cashew and pecan nuts, smoky toffee, brown sugar, cinnamon, clove and tar. A very long, bittersweet finish, with huge layers of salty, tarry peat smoke, aniseed, leather and bonfire embers.
Distilled under the supervision of Dr Bill on the 20th Febuary 2013
Wholly matured for 8 years in a 2nd Fill Manzanilla Butt
Combining notes of smoked nuts with spice and brown-sugar sweetness, it gives Cask No. 0247, an Ardbeg legend, a unique twist.
Colour: MahoganyNose: Curiously dry and almost musty on the nose, with a note of reminiscent of a damp warehouse floor. Water releases some distinctive oily and nutty aromas, the roasted Brazil nut, fragrant woodsmoke, and a very distinctive, noticeable herbal top note.Taste: Peppery and warming on the palate, with flavours of smoked cashew and pecan nuts, smoky toffee, brown sugar, cinnamon, clove and tar. A very long, bittersweet finish, with huge layers of salty, tarry peat smoke, aniseed, leather and bonfire embers.
Tasting notes courtesy of Dr Bill Lumsden, Ardbeg Distillery.
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