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.

Tasting notes courtesy of Dr Bill Lumsden, Ardbeg Distillery.