Ardnamurchan - AD/ (04.22:02) & 6yo SMWS Cask no. 149.3 A Walk in the Woods - 70cl - 2 bottles

SMWS Ardnamurchan 149.3 A Walk in the woods.
Distilled in the Highlands at Ardnamurchan distillery, this release was bottled by independent bottlers the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in celebration of their 40th Anniversary. This expression was distilled in 2016 and was put down to mature in a first fill American oak Pedro Ximenez butt for 6 years. Part of a limited release of 650 bottles, this whisky was bottled under the name "A Walk In The Woods"
Distilled 24.03.2016
Bottled 22.02.2023
60.6%

We were walking in pine forests, hunting mushrooms and smoking pipes; after that the nose wafted brown sugar, toasted marshmallows and clover honey, apple tart, gooseberry jam and plums. The punchy palate delivered caña de lomo, black olives and liquorice paper roll-ups, then chocolate éclair and treacle toffee sweetness, finishing with tannic oak, gingerbread and aniseed balls. The reduced nose suggested salted crackers, boquerones, old book shops and cigarette packets, shortbread, chocolate raisins and sweet white wine. The palate now combined hot chocolate and iced caramels with orange peel, lemon drops, clove rock, ginger biscuits and nibbling a lady’s glove.

Ardnamurchan AD/ (04.22:02)
More awesomeness here from Ardnamurchan! You might be wondering what happened with the name on this one, did the folks at Ardnamurchan forget to add all the usual numbers to the end? Perhaps we got distracted mid-sentence by a colourful bird flying past, or a robot vacuum cleaner buzzing around our feet? The answer is simple, this is no mistake! Going forward, Ardnamurchan's AD/ bottlings will no longer have all those confusing digits. The whisky remains unchanged though, following its traditional combination of 50% peated and 50% unpeated malt, matured in a combination of 65% bourbon and 35% sherry casks.

-Nose: Lemon zest and fresh peels welcome the way with coastal breeze salinity and dense peat..
-Palate: Crisp green apple and pear rest beside creamy wafts of oaken vanilla and roasted barley. Herbaceous notes of seaweed and vegetal peat bring a dry, smoky edge.
-Plenty of citrus on the finish, with more zesty lemon and candied orange. The harbourside peat notes continue, softened by earthen vanilla, and buttery toasted oak.