Released in 2014 to take the place of the Ardmore Traditional, the Legacy brings a lightly-peated, wood spice-led flavour profile to the table. At its core, the Ardmore Legacy is made with 80% peated and 20% unpeated malt.
It leans more on the savoury than the sweet side of things, with light barbecue char and earthy notes up-front. Sweet cinnamon, fresh honey and vanilla toffee waft up at points.
More charred, smoky notes, joined by drying oak, pear drops and subtle grassy touches. Give it a minute for citrus zest and expressive heather to appear.
A lasting peat smoke finish, with a little bit of honey'd barley for good measure.
The Ardmore is light and peat smoke.
Yes unfortunately not impressed. Its a bit harsh and young probably 3-5yr old blend of 2 barrels from the same distillery ( hence single malt definition.) Its not a malt to savour, probably better with a splash of water / ice cube will improve maters, hower i picked up a bottle at the bargain price of £14.40 from a supermarket - so worth a shot. Its normally marketed arround £30, so better off picking up a bottle of Glenfiddich, its a lot, lot better.
The good thing about this Ardmore, is the fact that it was an CHEAP BLEND & HAD A COOL PRESENTATION!! Mixing 2 types of Malt equates to a BLEND. Not a SINGLE MALT, regardless of how you care to spin it. There are many blends out there better than this very under whelming Ardmore. In actual fact, an Old Style, 10 y.o. Cask Strength Laphroaig, close to 60% A.B.V. is less harsh. Stick the contents in a Sherry, Ruby or Tawny Port cask for 3 to 5 years, then you may have a half decent whisky.
I am not much of a drinker. I usually drink beer and red wine, when I do drink. I never drink hard liquor. But! I stumbled upon this a few weeks ago, after opening myself to giving whiskey another try. To my astonishment, it’s the first time in my life that I can say that I have enjoyed a glass of whiskey ?.
All in all it's a little above poor. There's no real complexity about it. The peat's neither here nor there and you find yourself hunting around for the smoke that, at first sniff, wafts slightly wafts around but then fails to register at taste. It's a pot Man's Aldi Islay Malt which is actually a better tipple. I don't care what price it is or that it's frequently heavily discounted, It lacks depth, smoothness, and roundness of flavors, they're a poorly blended mishmash that gives it a harsh after taste. They should have named it: 'Hunter's Dram' because that's what you'll spend your time doing, hunting for its true notes.
