Aberlour 1994 HMcD The Golden Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberlour |
| Bottler | The House of MacDuff (HMcD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1994 |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
엑스버번 캐스크에서 18년을 보낸 우드의 영향이 아벨라워 특유의 부드러운 과일 향을 산뜻하게 끌어올렸다. 잘 익은 사과와 배, 진한 꿀의 향이 먼저 또렷하게 피어오른다. 입에서는 토피와 보리, 가벼운 시트러스가 매끈하게 번지며 59.6도의 힘이 단단하게 받친다. 짙은 황금빛 사이로 꿀과 잘 구운 오크의 여운이 깔끔하고 길게 남는다.
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)