It's Aberlour's ever-popular A'Bunadh single malt Scotch whisky! Each batch of this single malt is matured entirely in Spanish oloroso sherry butts, bestowing huge helpings of dried fruit and festive spice notes to the whisky, after which it's bottled up at full-on cask strength with no chill-filtration.
Zesty notes of chocolate-coated orange wheels join sticky ginger loaf and sherried fruits.
Plump sultanas, prunes, cakey spice, and marmalade, with biscuity malt and toffee apple in tow.
Sweet spices and rich oak linger.
Excellent. Wonderful finish.
Batch 42 is 60.3% abv. I keep this locked up with my 20- and 30-year olds because it's that good, that complex. It is chocolatey, chewy, spicy on the palate. On the nose I detect raisins and---is it?---a hint of peat. The finish is strong, spicy, memorable. How can something this cheap be this good?
So smoooth! So many flavours.
Amazing whisky, it is.
I am at the moment partaking of this wonderous elixir. The colour is what you would expect, the palate is fruity yet solid without to much of any flavour. I added about 1 teaspoon of water to a double, which brought out the wonderful undertones of flavour. All I can say is enjoy it, while it lasts.
