Aberlour A'bunadh batch #43
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberlour |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Spanish Oloroso Sherry Butts |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
the usual whiffs of fresh varnish (almost glue) that are soon to go away, and then an oloroso-ed avalanche of dried fruits on a rather mineral backbone (limestone). Figs, raisins, dates, prunes, then vanilla fudge, toffee, butterscotch, brioche and croissants, then pipe tobacco, and just wee whiffs of ‘old wine cellar’. You cannot be against all this. With water: perfect development. Cigars, soy sauce, humidor, earthy tea, old leather (horse saddle), hay… Yup, perfect
restaurant Palate
firstly kirsch and maraschino, with an almondy touch, then the very same dried fruits as in the nose, only a little rougher, like in a young eau-de-vie. That’s right, kirsch. Burns a bit, but nothing abnormal. I mean, unusual. With water: a creamy honeyness, are rather less leathery/tertiary notes than in the nose when diluted. Rather more liquorice
timer Finish
long, balanced, on black fruitcake. Marmalade in the aftertaste