Bas Armagnac 1994 25 Year Old | Adelphi Selection AM2/20

Bas Armagnac 1994 25 Year Old | Adelphi Selection AM2/20Armagnac Bottled by: Adelphi 70cl 55% Something different from Adelphi, a very tempting cask strength Bas Armagnac from the 1994 vintage that spent a full 25 years maturing in a single French oak barrique before bottling at 55%. As ever, long aged cask strength fruity Bas Armagnac is as good value as you can find if you're looking for a 'malternative', and of course Adelphi have impeccable judgement when it comes to picking a cask, so this should be

It's from a single cask Sherry butt with a yield of 511 bottles

A 1976 37 year old

A truly beautiful dram that is full of polished oak

However due to the rocky stock profile of Ardbeg in recent years and the lack of excess aged stock

This Bruichladdich Drambusters was distilled in 1990 for 16 years in Cask number 473

One of only 452 bottles from cask number 1583

honeyed sweetness

Series Provenance Country Scotland Region Islay Distilled Year 1974

gristy peat oils

huge coastal notes

The earliest release of three consecutive 1990 vintages that Ardbeg released are widely considered to be the distillery's last gasp of greatness before aged stocks were all but dried up

This unusually smoky peated Benriach ticks all the boxes