48%, Non Chill Filtered, Natural colour Nose: Fresh lemon and citrus rind, cinnamon, boiled ginger sweets and a faint sweet and resinous smoke – reminiscent of spruce or pine wood. Palate: Creamy texture with a chocolaty and biscuit note – similar to chocolate digestive biscuits, salty and charred halloumi cheese with a lingering faint sweet smoke on the finish. I’ve quite enjoyed every Ardnamurchan I’ve had to date, this one being a variation of the standard AD offering by mixing madeira and sauternes barriques into the already excellent bourbon and sherry mix. This is an annual UK experimental release bottled in conjunction with the UK midgie repellent brand Smidge. I was lucky enough to be able to import this into my market in North America via a UK retailer. Comparing this to the standard Ardnamuchan AD which is easy to do since they are very similar, I would say that the added wine barriques add more of a biscuty sweetness to the standard offering while toning down the smoke. I do miss the peanut saltiness of the AD, which is very much up to personal preference. I would score these the same and it would depend if this or the AD is better depending on your preferences, I lean more to the savory side and I would side with the AD, but not by much both are excellent for the money.