Aultmore Aged 11 Years Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Cadenhead (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 46%           Age: 11 Years Old            Country: Scotland

Date of Bottling: 2021
Matured In: 50% Bourbon 50% Palo Cortado Sherry
Un-Chillfiltered

Scotch Whisky is known the world-over by the Brand names of large blending companies. These blends are the mixture of the products of various distilleries which were originally independent family owned units. Until the middle of the 20th century there were many small firms that bottled and sold the pure product of the local distilleries. Since Victorian times the firm of William Cadenhead has provided this service. However a diminution of public interest caused the small bottling companies to close down. Only a small handful of distilleries still remain in the ownership of their founding families and even fewer of the bottling companies remain active, William Cadenhead is one of the notable survivors.

Recent revival of interest in the whisky from different single distilleries has caused a surge of new firms to emerge. Many do not actually control their bottling operations and unfortunately feel it necessary to invest fictitious ancestries. However William Cadenhead has a well established pedigree and the experience of over one and a half centuries ensures that our customers can truly rely on what we put in a bottle. They guarantee that they never chill-filter or chemically alter the products that they bottle nor do they add colouring agents. Each of their bottlings of whisky, and indeed of their rums and cognacs, comes from an individually selected cask.

The Aultmore distillery is owned and run by John Dewar and Sons Ltd or better known as Bacardi. The distillery has changed hands a few times during its long history when it was founded in 1896. Aultmore in Gaelic means ‘Big Burn’ and the water for the spirit is taken from the Burn of Auchindorran which helps it produce around 2,100,000 litres of spirit annually. The Aultmore spirit has for a long time been a contributor to Dewars blends and is best known for its 12 year old single malt which has a very distinctive taste. Using ex-bourbon American oak barrels this whisky shows light and fruity notes with some subtle acidity and a hint of peppery spice.

This single malt whisky was distilled at the Aultmore Distilleryon the Glenlivet Estate before being placed in a Bourbon hogshead and a Palo Cortado Sherry cask and left to mature for no less than 11 years. It was bottled in 2021 at 46% ABV as part of the Cadenhead original collection offerings. Only 1356 bottles were made available to the world with few remaining.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Ripe green apples, creamy vanilla, blonde caramel and sherry notes.

Palate: Autumn berries of brambles, gooseberry and Japanese silverberries, hints of sherry, pear, kumquat and hints of stewed rhubarb with wonderful baking spices.

Finish: Medium to long with sherry, malt sweetness, spices and oak.