Ardmore 12 Year Old 2013 – 1st Fill STR Red Wine Barrique – Cask #590 – Best Dram (56.3%)
US$139.00
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- Distillery
- Ardmore
- Region
- Highlands
- Type
- Single Malt Whisky
- Age
- 12 years
- ABV
- 56.3%
- Cask Type
- 1st fill STR red wine barrique
This is a 12-year-old Ardmore single malt from the Highlands, distilled on 27 May 2013 and bottled by Best Dram on 4 November 2025 at 56.3% ABV. It is a single cask release of 165 bottles.
The whisky spent its whole maturation in cask #590, a first-fill STR red wine barrique. Ardmore is one of the few Highland distilleries to use peated malt, and here the smoke sits alongside the fruit of the wine cask. It is natural colour and not chill-filtered.
On the nose, earthy peat smoke comes with raspberries, strawberries and fresh pomelo. The palate is oily, with dried cherries, marzipan and honey waffles over a peaty base. The finish is long, dry and smoky, with roasted wood and lingering sweetness.
Tasting Notes
Earthy, almost dirty peat smoke, raspberries, strawberries, fresh pomelo, warm voluminous sweetness
Oily and powerful, peat base, creamy red wine sweetness, dried cherries, marzipan, honey waffles, fine woody spice
Long, dry smoke with an elegant fruit note, roasted wood and lingering sweetness
