
June 2, 2017

A little session, more Aultmore

Young and older one, from that Scottish distillery that’s making a graceful comeback these days…

Aultmore 10 yo 2006/2017 (58.7%, Liquid Treasures, bourbon, 282 bottles)

Colour: white wine. Nose: raw barley eau-de-vie, kirsch, plum spirit, then yeah, barley, vanilla and apples. Where have I put my hipflask? With water: leaves, aniseed, cut grass, hay, apple peelings, and a funny feeling of mentholy mushrooms. Plainly and totally barley-y. Mouth (neat): kicks and screams (screams malted barley!) Vanilla cream, apple compote, ripe greengages, more plum spirit. With water: bread, vanilla, seeds (pine, sunflower), with an earthy bitterness in the background. Finish: long, with more of that pleasant bitterness. Comments: a good, very wild young malt, good to show your friends what, well, malt is. Now, my hipflask… SGP:451 - 82 points.

Aultmore 23 yo 1992/2016 (51.1%, Lady Of The Glen, bourbon barrel, cask #3499)

Colour: straw. Nose: starts with quite a lot varnish and freshly sawn oak – which ain’t an unpleasant feeling mind you – and would rather go on with some kind of earthy plums and bags of fern and perhaps dill, as well as beetroots. With water: fresh barley, vanilla, brioche. A winning trio. The grassy/earthy side went away. Mouth (neat): good and creamy, rather young, starting with pears and lemons, as well as pineapples. Then a little coconut oil, grapefruits, and a greener grassiness. Dare I quote kumquats as well? The barrel feels, as if some re-racking had taken place. With water: really good, simple, pleasurable, rather on mirabelles this time. Finish: medium, sweet and malty. Comments: some resemblance with youngish Balvenie. Really good. SGP:551 - 84 points.

Check the index of all Aultmore I've tasted so far