Aberlour 2009 BD
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberlour |
| Bottler | Best Dram (BD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 9년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 천천히 흔들면 1st 필 셰리가 입힌 짙은 적갈빛이 잔 벽을 적신다. 셰리로 이름난 아벨라워답게 코를 가져가면 건포도와 잘 익은 체리, 다크초콜릿의 향이 그윽하게 올라온다. 한 모금 머금으면 9년 숙성된 원액 위로 셰리의 진한 단맛이 흐르고, 59.6도의 강한 기운이 혀를 단단하게 채운다. 삼키면 무화과와 볶은 견과, 계피의 끝맛이 깊게 머물러 젊지만 진한 셰리의 힘을 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
very fresh but extremely aromatic, although a little milky and yeasty. Huge notes of overripe apples, with an unusual sourness. Lots of aniseed, fennel… And we have the oak and, indeed a rather bold ‘toastiness’, caramel, vanilla custard… Also violets. Quite different from most Aberlours we know, including the ones that used to mature in bourbon wood. Almost as aromatic as a grappa! (I’ll spare you useless jokes about grappa/Italy – lucky you.)
restaurant Palate
very sweet and hugely fruity (but simply so, mostly on apples and pears), with quite some tannins after that, pepper, cinnamon, vanilla. You can really get plain wood, almost like in some ‘new’ oaked Chardonnays. The whole is pretty simple
timer Finish
not too long, but vanilled and still quite oaky. Okay, not a total wood bomb but… 78 points . Aberlour A’bunadh batch #13 (59.8%, OB, 2004)