Aberlour 2001 White Oak

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

Aberlour A'Bunadh / Batch 61

This is my first dram since Dec 31st. I took a break after the holidays for the sake of moderation. I was cutting a piece of stollen and thought A'bunadh would go great with it. Thus ends the break. Let's do a review before the stollen messes up my palate. Batch 61, bottle opened about 3 months and 80% full. Neat in a glencairn. I take small sips...

Score 89/100

Aberlour A'bunadh

Batch 47 Nose: Dark Chocolate covered cherries, red velvet cake. A bowl of sweet sugary candy. Taste: Sherry bomb oak, Juicy Fruit Gum!! Dark Chocolate. Finish: Robust sherry chocolate with some nice spice. Medium finish. Overall:

Score 92/100

Aberlour 10 Year Old

Nose: First cherry and orange with leather. Becoming both lighter and simpler: orange rind and cashews. Later even lighter with vanilla developing. Palate: Punchy sour orange entrance; leather and cream with flower petals; then butterscotch and bitter nutmeg. Finish: Dry, remaining hints of citrus, with nutmeg on flower petals. This is a good...

Score 80/100