Name: Aultmore 12 Years
Brand: Aultmore
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Aultmore 12 Year Old is part of Dewar’s The Last Great Malts range launched in 2014. This little-known distillery now has an official 12 years old, 18 years (travel retail), 21 years (travel retail) and 25 years old. There have been plans for a 30 and 35 year-old, but apparently they cancelled them, not sure why.

Aultmore 12 yo
(46%, OB +/- 2016)

Nose: fresh and lively, with some biscuity aromas and green fruits. Granny Smith apples, unripe pear, light citrus, green leafy notes. Also bright flowers and just a hint of wax. Rather delicate but very uplifting.

Mouth: same profile. Truckloads of apples, with peelings and a cidery edge. Oranges and rhubarb. Hints of sweet pastry and honey. Some green wood spices and mineral notes. Ginger. Still plenty of floral notes too.

Finish: not very long, apples and beer notes, with light herbs.

The Aultmore 12 Years may be a little light and delicate, but it’s not the average young Speysider. Fresh spring-time nose, lots of apples, with some mineral touches that give it an old-school touch. A must in the entry level. Around € 45.

Score: 83/100

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Selim on 19 June 2017 at 18:12

Hi,
also an honest, ‘close to the distillate’, pale straw Whisky with no obvious or apparent overactive wood management, re-racking or double-maturing. The Master Blender has let the spirit talk rather than the wood which nowadays must be acclaimed. Also 46%, unchill-filtered!
On the other hand, the 25 Y.O is WAY OVERPRICED at around £345. Also, a more recent batch of the 18 Y.O that I had last September wasn’t quite as good as I remembered it from the past. It had more dry oak and less exotic creamy fruitiness. Woodier with lesser quality casks probably.
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Mahmoud Ali on 4 October 2017 at 11:50

HI Selim,
I also liked the freshness and honesty of this malt. I liked the fact that it was dry, clean, and refreshing malt. At a recent Scotch tasting it fared poorly as tasters preferred the more obvious profiles of the sherried and sweet Edradour 10 and the briny, smoky, Bowmore ‘Black Rock’.

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