Scotch Whisky Review: Aultmore-Glenlivet 2006 Cadenhead Cask Strength 12 Year Old / 57.4%
Surprisingly solid; I cry for the loss of this lineup.
Aultmore-Glenlivet 2006 Cadenhead Cask Strength 12 Year Old / 57.4%
Tasted neat
While Cadenhead’s is not making any more of these, I have some Small Batch / Cask Strength editions still gathering dust, among them this 12 year old Aultmore, which is a vatting of four bourbon hogsheads, and bottled at cask strength for 1044 bottles.
Their tasting notes read:
Nose: Creamy, fresh spearmint and slight moss.
Palate: Watermelon, pineapple juice and clotted cream.
Finish: Lemon and lime, orange bitters and grated nutmeg
- Color: 0.9 (amontillado sherry)
- Nose: acetone, grass, mint, whipped cream; tar
- Taste: oily, lots of tropical fruits, a little bit of vanilla ice cream, minerality, and oak
- Finish: long but subtle; canned fruit cocktail salad
I cannot remember how much I paid for this, but it would have been in the ¥10,000 ($67 USD now, $80 in more normal times) range, and probably included as padding in a bundle.
This is a lovely, light, fruity summer dram — it is really too bad that Cadenhead has killed this lineup.
Rating: 7/10
