Aberlour 1996 SMWS 54.28 Biting a nurse
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberlour |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 13년 |
| Cask Type | Refill butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting 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)