Aultmore 10 Years Old 2010 Cask #9918001 (Whiskyfacile)

Bottled by Whiskyfacile in 2020 as a 10 year old single cask release drawn from cask 9918001 of 2010 vintage Aultmore with 159 bottles distributed to the Italian market at cask strength of 51.2%. Whiskyfacile is an Italian independent bottling project focused on hand selected single cask releases at natural strength.

Distilled at the Aultmore distillery near Keith in Speyside, founded in 1896 by Alexander Edward and owned by Bacardi via John Dewar & Sons since 1998. The wash is made from unpeated plain malted barley with soft Auchinderran Burn water, mashed in a stainless steel full lauter mash tun and fermented for 56 hours in six larch wood washbacks. Aultmore runs the spirit through two wash and two spirit stills of plain pot still shape, with steam heated wash stills and shell and tube condensers giving high copper contact for a light, ester forward Speyside character. The spirit was filled into a single Pedro Ximenez sherry cask for 10 year on site maturation.

Primary ester development sat alongside European oak Pedro Ximenez chemistry. Ellagitannins and gallic acid from the European oak build dried walnut and grip, while extended fermentation residues drive high concentrations of sotolon, lending dried fig, raisin, and dark molasses. Glycerol carryover from the sweet sherry adds body, integrating with Aultmore's underlying light ester signature at 51.2%.