Aberlour 1980

Aberlour 10 Year Old

Very good whisky. I picked this up at the LCBO purely because of the price ($45 CAD) which is on the low side for scotch whisky single malts. The nose on this is great, christmas cake is what comes to mind first so we're talking dried fruits and alcohol. The arrival is paced and full flavoured with sherry, oak and it has a generous mouthfeel. Not...

Score 80/100

Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask Matured

Here’s a popular one. Everyone knows Aberlour for their sherry. The A’bunadh is, for good reason, considered their pièce de résistance. But for the longest time I didn’t explore anything else from their range. Time to fix that. I’ve tried the 10, but I think the 12 is a better place to start. Nose: Typical, pleasant sherry notes on the nose....

Score 82/100

Aberlour A'bunadh

Now my wife and I were in a middle of whisky and chocolate pairings when we came to a whisky that had me excited. That was Aberlour Abunadh. If there was EVER a whisky that would suit a nice strong chocolate it would be Aberlour Abunadh. It's actually the whisky that comes to mind for me when I think of chocolates, so I was REALLY looking forward...

Score 84/100

Aberlour A'bunadh

This review gives a precise review (w. tasting notes) of the batch 44, and also my view on the a'bunadh phenom. It's hard to believe that this NAS cask strength experimental bottling from the correct but somewhat uneventfull distillery of Aberlour would become the modern by-word for sherry-bomb in the whisky world. It was in late 1996 that the...

Score 90/100