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| Hello, that is considered one of our (nearly) day by day tastings. Santé! |
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July 19, 2022
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4 glorious Aultmore
One more little title I wish to attempt. And I believe it is about time we open this older indie glory… ({Photograph} Andrew Wooden)
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Aultmore 15 yo 1992/2007 (46%, The Single Malts of Scotland, Small Batch, bourbon barrels) 
From three casks. One of many early TSMOS carried out by Mr Sukhinder and his gang of expert whisky slingers. They’ve additionally had a superb 1990/2007 (WF 86). Color: white wine. Nostril: Aultmore has bought a floral facet and that actually reveals right here. All humble yellow flowers, dandelions and buttercups first, then a little bit sunflower oil and skins and peels, particularly asparagus. All that coated with liquid nougat and custard. Mouth: completely glorious, epitomically malty and cakey. Shortbread and butterscotch, brioche, croissants, sesame oil and a tiny contact of paraffin. End: medium, cakey. Maple syrup and pancake sauce within the aftertaste, in addition to a little bit muscovado sugar and café latte. Feedback: a kind of whiskies that really feel like some excellent liquid cake. Thoughts you, we have been ready for 15 years earlier than we determined to have a go at it. I let you know, the persistence of a monk.
SGP:551 – 88 factors. |
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Aultmore 12 yo 2009/2021 (46%, Van Wees, The Final, 1st fill bourbon barrel, cask #303228, 297 bottles) 
As an example Van Wees are a part of the European whisky aristocracy. They had been already extraordinarily properly established once we began this very foolish undertaking named Whiskyfun. Color: white wine. Nostril: extraordinarily related if not equivalent, even when this was distilled an excellent 17 years later. Inform me a few constant make! Custard, hay, fruit peel, dandelions, this tiny waxy facet, asparagus, candlewax, crushed barley… That is simply completely ‘central’ malt whisky. Mouth: even nearer to the 1992, only a tad earthier and rootier. I you somewhat just like the phrase ‘malt’ in ‘malt whisky’, that is the sort of bottle that it’s best to take pleasure in. Croissants, truffles… End: medium, malty, cakey. That is the place it is dropping contact with the TSMOS, which was brighter and a little bit extra complicated. Feedback: nonetheless a top-notch malt whisky, freed from any STRification and different trendy sleights of hand (which I typically unashamedly take pleasure in, by the way in which) . Straightforward selection.
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Aultmore 12 yo 2010/2022 (63.5%, Roger’s Whisky Co., bourbon, cask #21254, 335 bottles)
I’d suppose Aultmore are filling at 63.5%, similar to 95% of the enterprise. Which might recommend that this little Aultmore had not misplaced a single drop of ethanol throughout these 12 years of maturation. Color: white wine. Nostril: a little bit spirity and brutal, however I’d suppose that is the excessive energy. Uncooked plum spirit operating from the nonetheless (second run), granny smith, lower grass.. Water ought to deliver civilisation. With water: some artichoke, pansies, grist, sourdough, bamboo shoots, cider apples… we stay very, very, and I imply very near Mom Nature. Mouth (neat): extraordinarily eau-de-vie-ish, additionally very malty. Cappuccino at cask energy (ought to that exist). With water: there, it opens up, on IPAs and plum spirit, mirabelles, acidic coffees, orange bitter… End: somewhat lengthy, eau-de-vie-ish, you can nearly imagine this was mirabelle spirit aged in wooden. Which, I imagine, no sane particular person would do. Feedback: the texture of terra firma, the heart beat of the Earth.
SGP:551 – 86 factors. |
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Good, let’s have a look at if we are able to discover an older one within the bins… there…
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Aultmore-Glenlivet 21 yo 1997/2018 (52.1%, Cadenhead, Genuine Assortment, bourbon hogshead, 234 bottles) 
Color: mild gold. Nostril: the age interprets into roasted nuts and coffees. Not precisely considered one of Starbucks’ horrible hazelnut-flavoured coffees, however there’s a feeling of Nutella after which lighter stouts, roasted pecans, black nougat, black figs, a bag of caramelised popcorn… With water: some engine oil and paraffin coming out, somewhat unexpectedly. New rubber bands and oilcloth. Mouth (neat): I believe I like this, regardless of a farmy roughness within the background (ferments). Bananas flambéed, demerara sugar, praline, toffee… What’s to not like? With water: no, watch out, it swims like a depressed horseshoe. End: medium, sweeter, tough and wonderful when neat, extra unsure when diminished. Peppery aftertaste. Not one of the best half, loses factors right here. Dura Lex, sed Lex. Feedback: I do not know what occurred to the palate after the arrival, I actually do not know.
SGP:461 – 83 factors. |
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That is 4, so mission completed.
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