Aultmore 25 Years Old
- Aultmore Distillery – Bacardi
- 46% ABV
- £295.42
What they say:
Reclined in damp shorn grass, vapours of lime and baked apples, each silken sip unveiling lush vanilla and buttery biscuits; dreich skies deserve a top-class dram.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose:
Sticky toffee pudding, top with sliced banana and apple. Earthy oak comes through after a minute.
Palate:
Crumbly fudge, buttered bread, more banana. Plum, orange and maybe some pineapple on the mid-palate, joined by leather and oak.
Finish:
Warm, stewed fruit lasts on the finish, with a prickle of oak spice right at the end.
What I say:
Sampled in the Bacardi Last Great Malts whisky snug at the Edinburgh Whisky Stramash 2015
Colour:
Dark golden umber (14/20), medium droplet tears with fine trails
Nose:
Rich crystalline ginger, brown / Demerara sugar, toffee and caramel, oak wood and cigar boxes, deep vanilla essence, crème brulee, apple and cereal barley malt, a little over-caramelised or burnt sugar
Taste:
Smooth caramel and butterscotch sauce, cereal barley malt, toasted brown bread, vanilla essence, caramelised brown or cane sugar, some fruity notes, apple and orange zest, grapefruit, pineapple fritters in syrup, a little nutty hazelnut paste and almonds, praline and touches of cocoa powder and a light or creamy coffee, sticky toffee pudding with toffee and ginger sauce.
Finish:
Long, ginger and dark chocolate, sweet sugars and aged oak and new leather shoes
Overall:
Deep and delicious, a real pleasure to sample this 25 Years Old expression from Aultmore but a shame about the pricing of this malt as I expect I’ll never buy a bottle.
The Whiskyphiles 