邓肯泰勒 Octave 系列奥特摩 2017 9 年 PX 单桶评测：8/10 分

A single cask expression from Speyside’s Aultmore distillery, bottled by independent bottler Duncan Taylor as part of The Octave range. Distilled on the 17th May 2017, this Aultmore single malt was matured for 9-years before being bottled on the 25th May 2026, following a finishing period in a Pedro Ximénez sherry octave (Cask: 9549807). Only 85 bottles were produced, at natural colour and non-chill filtered, bottled at 53.6% ABV.

Aromas of spicy Pedro Ximénez sherry accompanied by dried fruits including raisins and sultanas, and rich orange marmalade. Spicy aromas of cinnamon, ginger and oak follow, with a subtle note of sandalwood.

Spicy, rich and mouthcoating Pedro Ximénez sherry opens on the palate shifting to dried fruits including raisins and sultanas, accompanied by a touch of chocolate. At the mid-palate lots of cinnamon spice develops before shifting to oak and lots of exotic sandalwood.

An Aultmore single malt from independent bottler Duncan Taylor released as part of The Octave series, a collection of expressions which focuses on cask finishing the whisky in small sherry seasoned octave casks. Duncan Taylor does not state the length of the finishing period in the Pedro Ximénez octave, but there is plenty of rich sherry and dried fruit influence, although this does not completely overwhelm the characteristic exotic sandalwood note I often find on Aultmore expressions. There is a good balance between Aultmore’s spirit and the PX cask influence, and at the price point this is an easy drinking sherry cask finished Speyside malt.