{"product_id":"aultmore-16-year-old-2008-single-oloroso-cask-628-spirit-of-speyside-2025-exclusive-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Aultmore 16 Year Old 2008 Single Oloroso Cask #628 Spirit of Speyside 2025 Exclusive Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAultmore 16 Year Old 2008 Single Oloroso Cask #628 Spirit of Speyside 2025 Exclusive Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 462 bottles released for the spirit of speyside festival in 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrate the Spirit of Speyside with this rare single cask whisky from Aultmore. Fully matured for 16 years in a first-fill Oloroso sherry cask, this limited-edition bottling shows an exciting departure from tradition, for a very sought-after distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottled at natural cask strength, non-chill filtered, and with no added colour, it offers an unadulterated taste of Speyside craftsmanship. Only available in extremely limited quantities, this is a collectible whisky made for true connoisseurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowerful and full-bodied, this whisky is bursting with notes of warming spice, rich dried fruits, and topped with a drizzle of honey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Aultmore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eIntensity is what helps to define Aultmore. Its wort is clear, the fermentations long, but its stills are relatively small with downward lyne arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"company-profile__item company-profile__profile\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning the stills slow helps to maximise reflux, but the shape also allows some heavier elements to come across. In character, therefore, Aultmore shares some of the same characters as Linkwood – fragrant on the nose, substantial on the tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/magazine\/whisky-heroes\/13541\/alexander-edward-craigellachie\/\"\u003eAlexander Edward\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e[see Craigellachie] in 1896 it was always going to be pressed into service for blends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1923 it became part of the John Dewar \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompletely 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Aultmore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56058451001669,"sku":"AULT16SOS2025","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/Aultmore16YearOld2008SingleOlorosoCask_628SpiritofSpeyside2025ExclusiveSpeysideSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2025_70cl.jpg?v=1761406324","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/aultmore-16-year-old-2008-single-oloroso-cask-628-spirit-of-speyside-2025-exclusive-speyside-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}