DESCRIPTION

An annual summer release from the Ardnamurchan distillery in the Western Highlands. This is the third edition of The Midgie, which first came out in 2024. Matured in Ruby Port barriques (49%), American ex-bourbon barrels (34%) and Tawny Port casks (17%), with roughly 30% peated spirit and 70% unpeated spirit in the vatting. 9,742 bottles produced. Non-chillfiltered, naturally coloured and bottled at 48%.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: Red raspberry, golden syrup, freshly cut cedar, crème de violette, soft almond biscuits, preserved lemons in salt brine, lightly smoked spiced ham.

Palate: Gentle cigar smoke, bramble, lemon thyme, pink peppercorn, piri piri spice, syrup of figs, plum clafoutis, nutmeg.

Finish: Bitter orange, juicy, sea salt, long and persistent.

ARDNAMURCHAN HIGHLAND SCOTCH