Aberfeldy 1978 SV Vintage Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Aberfeldy |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | Vintage Collection |
| Vintage | 1978 |
| Bottled Year | 1997 |
| Age | 13년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep amber
air Nose
caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, white pepper and lots of spices (clove, nutmeg). Gets a little resinous. Stunning! very light, almost evanescent. Notes of freshly mown lawn, fresh almonds and cream, not much else. Very discrete, that’s for sure very light again. Malty and rather caramelised. Hints of apple juice, not much else, I’m afraid very refined, very elegant. Dried flowers, camomile, dried tropical fruits (guava, mango, coconut, dates). A great nose, extremely subtle beehive, wild flowers, apple vinegar. Rich and compact. Flower nectar (lis), honey, cooked apple, hints of fresh rubber. Very nice! again, lots of honeyed notes, very similar to the OMC we just had. Beeswax, pollen… Gets a little milky and creamish. A little more delicate, I’d say. Develops on some nice flowery notes (daisy, buttercup) black cherry jam at full speed, plus some blackcurrant syrup. Yes, not overly complex, but highly demonstrative blackberry and strawberry jam. Refined and rather elegant. Blackberry syrup lots of raspberries and blackberries again, also some cherries. Quite bold and spicy. Some animal notes (hare’s belly, civet-cat) extremely demonstrative and playful. Lots of iodine. Rich and almost hot, but in very nice way. Not heavy at all ouch, lots of fruits but I feel it’s a little too much now. Seems to be a little woody… unlike many Australian or South-African Shiraz I know. Less bold, hot and aromatic, and perhaps a little subtler, almost in a Bordeaux way! Some would say it’s a little understated, but the Syrah’s usual spicy aromas are well here. A little smoky too toasted bread like in the whites – I guess it comes from the oak – and lots of red fruits. Some flowery notes (violet and even lavender) elegant and nicely balanced, but a little weak, as most wines from 2002 in this region. Quite flowery, with hints of liquorice and spices very nicely balanced, with a mixture of toasted bread, red fruits and bitter orange (and no, it’s no sherry) lots of violets, with some r
restaurant Palate
very smooth, lots of sherry, lots of chocolate, dried orange… Hints of peat and spices. Some very nice woody notes. A perfect balance, even if this is not exactly my style of malt. It’s a little too smooth for my taste, but I can’t decently give it less than 90 points . September 11, 2004 MUSIC - JAZZ - Emmanuel Bex is an excellent hammond organ player from France, and his CDs 'Mauve' and '3' are on my top shelf since they were out. Why not have a listen to his great bluesy version of Edith Piaf's ' Hymne à l'Amour ' (mp3) - and of course buy one his CDs if you like it? September 10, 2004 MALTS - Blow again, trumpets! Lex Kraaijeveld (left), of Celtic Malts fame, and Luc Timmermans (right), a true Glenfarclas specialist from Belgium, join the Malt Maniacs. That's fantastic news for us! And yes, the mania goes on and on... September 8, 2004 French bureaucrat: 'Right! Let's make wine that tastes international!... French winemaker: Let's plant vines on the airports!!' Château We Always Did It This Way Cartoons seen in ' Le Point ', a French weekly magazine, Sept 2. issue. A little self-mockery never does any harm, does it? Btw, is there any We Always Did It This Way Distillery in Scotland? September 7, 2004 MALTS - Are they building a new kind of hoggie? No, it's just a wooden hot tub made in the Highlands . I don't know whether you can fill it with whisky - I guess you can - but that would be ideal for making the Naomi Campbell finish fellow Malt Maniac Klaus always dreamed about... And if you want a cheaper one, you can always have a look at the plastic version here . Yes, much less romantic... September 6, 2004 MALTS - This is a picture of the brand new 'pink' Bruichladdich 20yo. I'm not sure you'll get the true colours on your screen, but the cap's usual Laddiesque aquamarine should help you calibrate you sight. And if you want to read some truly romantico-emphatic copywriting, you can click . (Back label for the world except the US - Will open a new window). Thank
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