Product description
The Adelphi Distillery operated in Glasgow from 1826 to 1907. The company returned to the market in 1993, revived by Jamie Walker, great-great-grandson of the distillery's last owner, Archibald Walker.
Jamie bottled and distributed whisky and despite considerable success sold the business to Keith Falconer and Donald Houston in 2004. Exactly 10 years later Adelphi began distilling at the newly built Ardnamurchan distillery in the western Highlands. This Balmenach is a whisky distilled in 1982, when the distillery was owned by DCL, and aged for 15 years in a hogshead cask no. 2982. Bottled at cask strength (63.4% abv) and unchillfiltered in 1997 in an edition of 333 bottles.
Aroma: floral-herbal, spring meadow, damp earth, a handful of fresh herbs, buttered toast, apples, pears, lemon peel, traces of peat and oak.
Palate: sweet breakfast cereals, vanilla, apple juice, lemons, gooseberries, licorice, anise, white pepper, a pinch of oregano, traces of peat and oak.
Finish : medium long, slightly grassy, with notes of fresh herbs, citrus peel, vanilla, oak and peat.