Ardnamurchan AD/ 10 Year Old 10th Anniversary Edition Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

"This is the moment where Ardnamurchan moves from sensational upstart, to tickling the legendary status." - dramface.com

A once-off release of 100% unpeated spirit from Ardnamurchan's first year of distilling, this landmark edition has been finished in Paul Launois Champagne barriques, backed up by first-fill Bourbon casks. The barrel regime accentuates Ardnamurchan’s uniquely tropical, coastal Highland character. As a result, it's considered a more distillate-forward expression, different from other more peaty, maritime Ardnamurchans. The outturn was 16746 bottles globally (not exactly small), however what Australia has received is nothing close to that. In years to come AD/10 will be a nostalgic bottling for anyone who has followed this distillery since day one. 50% Alc./Vol. Non chill filtered.

Other reviews... The neck pour arrives like a big yeasty, chamomile infused, buttery breaded chocolate dreamboat. It’s peppery, sweet, feels like it has some sort of red berry influence despite the lack of sherry contact, and meanders around sensational flavours like Black Forest Gateaux, zingy sour grapes and oven chips. Its texture is silk. The flavour stage wide and shining - Paul Launois is bringing sparkle with the yeast, but the razor edge of zing to balance the sweetness of the bourbs, the oaky cedar imprint of casks, the coastal joy of Ardnamurchan’s underlying spirit... I have been blown away by this from the get go. It’s stunning already three pours in, and according to those making quick work of their bottles, gets better as the bottle level drops. As an Ardnamurchan fanboi, I’m in cloud cuckoo land. I do not usually gravitate to the unpeated bourbon, “naked” presentation of anything - those vanilla custard creams that meld into one get samey after a while. I prefer a sherry daliance or a niche cask exploration, or a fiddling of peated/unpeated like the core range. But this AD/10? It’s on a different plane altogether. What a time to be engaged in whisky enough to be witnessing Ardnamurchan’s ascent into the book of legend. 15 years from now, when Ardnamurchan have 10yo whisky as their core range and they’re releasing 25yo whisky, I’ll think back to 2024, when this arrived on the shelves and my eyes fell out their sockets, I wonder how I’ll feel about it all. Will I still love it then? Will Ardnamurchan continue to deliver unbelievable quality whisky for reasonable prices? - dramface.com

...Due to the lack of peat and fresh fruit flavors it falls outside the usual Ardnamurchan style but I like that. Being a one-off release and not core-range I think that distillery team has done an excellent job to give as a great dram worthy of the 10 years milestone. - whiskybase.com