Aberlour 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky (Double Cask Matured), 50 cl with Gift Box (Packaging may vary)

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Nose: Vanilla bean goodness; Perfect balance of fruit compote, malt, and an orange blossom honey atmospheric cradle that holds it all together. Wonderfully light, mild and also so well matured. Viewed from the PLV, one of the greats in whisky heaven. Respect for this bottling, because there is almost nothing to complain about here. And that's why: house whisky. The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein.

Aberlour 11 yo (48.7%, OB, The Whisky Lodge Edition, first fill oloroso butt, cask #96352, 610 bottles) - 040117 Very mouthcoating and almost creamy (but not quite), sweet and heavily spiced. Sweet malt, dark fruits (dried plums and apricots, preserved sultanas), licquorice and some mint. Leather. Again, the cake. Quite some punch for only 43%. Aberlour 14 yo (50.2%, OB for The Whisky Lodge, Edition N°3, 1st fill bourbon, cask #36573, 179 bottles, 2017) - 150818 Vanilla, Toffee/Caramel, Milk Chocolate, Apple, Dried Fruit like Raisins, Sultanas and Apricot, Peach, Mandarin/Orange, Grapefruit, Strawberry, Pepper, Nutmeg, Mint and Oak. My revisions would continue - but the bottle is empty... :-) However, I definitely lost some of the earlierIt was bought by Robert Thorne & Sons who later sold it to W. H. Holt & Sons in 1921, a brewery near Manchester. It changed hands again in 1945 to S. Campbell & Sons Ltd.

Palate: Sweet orange & strawberry entrance, becoming nutmeg-y orange rind with honey and plum, and fading to vanilla milk with red apple. Aberlour-Glenlivet 23 yo 1989/2013 (54.9%, Cadenhead, small batch, bourbon hogshead, 522 bottles) - 271213 Aberlour 17 yo 1995/2012 (55.9%, Single Cask Collection, refill sherry hogshead, 265 bottles) - 300812 The Aberlour 18 double Sherry cask finish was a bit of a let down though.I love Sherry cask and Sherry cask finish whisky but the taste of the Aberlour was a bit underwhelming for the price.Maybe I’ve just got a bad bottle and wasn’t a patch on the 18yr old Glendronach I’ve had many times or even the 15yr old Glendronach that is quite a bit cheaper.Please note items sent from the UK to EU countries and Worldwide customers will be liable for VAT and Customs Duty in their own country. Aberlour 14 yo 1993/2008 'Flying Short Bread' (59.4%, Juuls, Flying #7, cask #7367, 232 bottles) - 130411 Sweet Barley, Heather-Honey, Nuts, Plums, Lemon, Cinnamon, Licorice, light Leather, Grass and Earth . Aberlour Bottler Distillery Bottling Bottling serie Double Sherry Cask Finish Stated Age 18 years old Casktype Am. & Eur. Oak + 1st-Fill PX & Oloroso Finish Strength 43.0 % Vol. Size 700 ml Barcode 5000299632765 Added on 21 aug 2023 8:40 am by danilo