£85.95
This is the second in a series of Torres cask finished whiskies, a collaboration that continues to flourish even 50 years after our families began working together. My grandfather started working with the Torres family back in the late 1960s, going on to become the sole selling agent for them in Scotland during the 70s and 80s.
In recent history they have started to work closely with the Spanish winemakers, trialling various types of their brandy and wine barrels for maturation of our own whiskies. The quality and influence of the wine cask is clear to see here – a bright red glow has been imbued along with the subtle tannins and red fruit notes we would expect from a Torres red wine.
Aultmore as a distillery produces a light, grassy style of whisky that allows it to take on the full effect of the casks chosen for its ageing. This is a cask that celebrates a collaboration 50 years in the making – a combination of tradition and progressiveness that both families pride themselves on.
When drinking locally, you wouldn’t ever ask for an Aultmore, but for ‘a dram of the Buckie road’. Located in splendid isolation on the route which runs from that fishing port to Keith, it has – until very recently – been a rare bird as a single malt. Built by the enterprising Alexander Edward [see Craigellachie] in 1896 it was always going to be pressed into service for blends.
In 1923 it became part of the John Dewar & Sons estate and has remained so ever since. In fact, so highly prized is it as a blending malt that it is said that when Bacardi was in the process of buying Dewar’s from Diageo, it was willing to walk away from the deal if Aultmore wasn’t included.
Completely refurbished in the 1970s it is easy to dismiss as little more than a functional plant, but the character of its single malts, now finally being given an official release, shows what the blenders have been keeping to themselves for all these years.
| Weight | 3 kg |
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| Dimensions | 12 × 40 × 12 cm |
