Whisky - Aberlour A'bunadh Batch16 59%
A'bunadh is Aberlours cask strength offering. Vatted slightly differently each batch it uses first and second fill sherry casks and is meant to represent the malts of old. The whiskeys are generally between 8 and 14 years of age.
Nose: Mint toffee, raisin Demerara sugar. With water black current emerges.
Pallet: at full strength smoother than expected with praline and sharp orange, chewable clawing and oily. Adding water brings out some oak and the mint I love so much in standard Aberlour 10.
Finnish: warming and a little bitter but long and rich. Bitter in a nice way.
Comment: Aberlour is up with the top draw sherried malts like Glenfarclas. This isn’t as good as the latest Glenfarclas 105 or 15 but one hell of a lovely whisky. I will put new notes for the 105 and 15 on these pages over the coming months and explain how and why they have changed. One to drink on a cold day or with an after dinner coffee and dark chocolate.
Score: 89%
Nose: Mint toffee, raisin Demerara sugar. With water black current emerges.
Pallet: at full strength smoother than expected with praline and sharp orange, chewable clawing and oily. Adding water brings out some oak and the mint I love so much in standard Aberlour 10.
Finnish: warming and a little bitter but long and rich. Bitter in a nice way.
Comment: Aberlour is up with the top draw sherried malts like Glenfarclas. This isn’t as good as the latest Glenfarclas 105 or 15 but one hell of a lovely whisky. I will put new notes for the 105 and 15 on these pages over the coming months and explain how and why they have changed. One to drink on a cold day or with an after dinner coffee and dark chocolate.
Score: 89%
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