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Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.

Old Particular Aultmore XO

Country: Scotland

Region: Highlands

Type: Single Malt

Bottler: Douglas Laing & Co.

ABV: 55.5%

Score: 85 Points

Old Particular Aultmore XO. Image courtesy Douglas Laing & Co. This bottling was produced by Douglas Laing & Co. exclusively for the TLV travel retail outlets in Israel, and while XO is normally used on Cognacs, in this case it means “Xtra Ordinary” according to the Laing family. Thanks to Israeli whisky blogger Michael Bendavid for helping us obtain a sample!

The nose has a good honey sweetness with black tea, soft spices, and hints of linseed oil and lemon. The taste is full of caramel, licorice, nougat, clove, honey, lemon zest, and a touch of oak…all in good balance. The finish has lingering oak and spices with honey sweetness underneath. (December, 2014)

 

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