Aberlour 21-year-old whic Architecture of Taste
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberlour |
| Bottler | whic - Whiskycircle (whic) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 21년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 엑스 버번 호그스헤드에서 21년을 보낸 아벨라워답게 잘 익은 사과와 바닐라, 꿀 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 버번 숙성에 집중한 만큼 깨끗한 과일 캐릭터가 명확하게 발전한다. 팰럿은 59.8도로 강하게 입을 채우며, 시트러스와 토피, 향신료가 단단한 구조감을 이룬다. 피니시는 길고 따뜻하며, 셰리로 유명한 아벨라워의 또 다른 면모인 정제된 오크 여운이 깊게 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
quite curiously, this baby’s both older and a tad rougher than the OB, but I suppose the cask had been rather less active. Some wonderful whiffs of ripe melons, honeysuckle, elderberry flowers, quinces, and then a slightly yeasty minerality. Limestone after a rain. Funny hints of rum as well, this is actually a little cane-y. With water: bread, dough, ales, mullein, elderberry flowers again, fresh pollen…
restaurant Palate
splendid half-honeyed, half-citrusy arrival, with then a little tobacco, touches of nutmeg and cinnamon, and several dried tropical fruits. Sliced coconut and pineapples, for instance. With water: the fresh fruit are having the upper hand again. Rather gooseberries, rhubarb, perhaps a little fresh oak…
timer Finish
medium, and really very rhubarby (apologies). We’re talking stewed rhubarb