More to Enjoy
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Intro:
Distilled by Aultmore and aged for 17 years, this release featured double maturation with initial aging in ex-bourbon and finishing in Oloroso sherry and being bottled at cask strength. Let's dive in.
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Nose:
Sweet and creamy on the nose, a good deal of lemon curd, almond, butter cream, sweet vanilla, a hint of toffee and a minerality and some pear. Interesting - the sherry doesn't roll through in a red fruits kind of way but it's evident in the creaminess and sweet cream notes.
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Taste:
Rich on the palate. The sherry is wonderfully integrated with the malt on this one. Lemon curd, sweet and creamy once again. Light touch of ash and minerality, a touch of brine. Caramel, honey, almond like orgeat notes. Light pear and a long, buttercream note that hands on the back palate.
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Finish:
Long finish, grows drier and ashier over time. Sweet caramel, honey, a bit of melon and more minerality.
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Overall:
An interesting surprise, this sherry finished whiskey drinks as if there were no sherry, but the shadow is there and it makes for a great pour. Aultmore has an uncanny ability to drink like an enigma at times - never too wine forward, never a malt bomb, with carefully controlled minerality and ash. Here, it manifests itself as a creamy, fruit forward mineral dram and it works wonders. It's a rare sentiment to share but I'm thankful this isn't a wine forward dram. Lovely.
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Score:
7
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