ARDMORE - 21 ans - 2000 - Gordon & MacPhail - Bottled 2021 - 57.10%
Gordon & MacPhail is an independent bottler of Scottish whisky and owner of Benromach Distillery, famous for its richly diverse range of bottlings from some of the most notable distilleries in Scotland. The business was founded in 1895 as a grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Elgin in the northeast of Scotland. In 1915, former apprentice John Urquhart, took over full control of the business. More than a century later, Gordon & MacPhail remains a family business.
Ardmore distillery is located in Aberdeenshire, in the Highlands of Scotland. The distillery was built in 1898 by William Teacher's son, Adam, to secure fillings for their blend: Teacher's Highland Cream (of which it remains the principal component). Two stills were added in 1955, and four more in 1974, for a total of 8. The distillery had its own maltings until the mid-1970s, and its own cooperage until the late 1980s. Until early 2001 it used coal to fire the stills. The distillery is now owned and operated by Beam Suntory, an American subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan.
This edition was aged for 21 years in a refill Sherry hogshead from a Single Cask (#1695). It was bottled on the 14th of July 2021 and produced 237 bottles.
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