Reviews for Aberlour A'Bunadh
Mrs
Astonishing! I came across this whisky visiting a friend in a remote part of Sweden called Dalarna. I 'm a red wine lover with a sensitive palate and I have never understood all the hallelujah about whisky, though I've tried. This whisky was special, balanced and still intriguing to the palate and tongue! Sweet, with tones of dried fruits and sherry. Not too smoky. Not burning despite its strength. Maybe this is the start of an unexpected love affair. I have already bought a bottle as a gift to my brother who is a true fan of fancy whisky. I'm anxious to hear his judgement.
Master of Malt Customer Sep 26, 2014
Wulfsten
Phenomenal intensity and complexity, it really shocks you the first time you taste it. It's strong enough that it's well worth adding 2-3 ice cubes to loosen the flavours a bit.
Surprisingly moreish, though. Once you've had it a couple of times you'll develop a real taste for it.
Master of Malt Customer Sep 15, 2014
Sherry and Spice
Though an Islay fan, I do enjoy other styles, and often try something new based largely on Web reviews. With glowing reviews for batch 45, just after getting a raise at work, I spent $80 for a bottle at Total Wine. Sorry all, but not my cup of tea. Sherry is too strong. Mouthful is excellent, and there's a very nice Christmas spice profile and aftertaste, but the sherry influence is too unabashed, indelicate, and dominant to allow complexity and any sense of mystery. At $80, it should leave you looking into the glass wondering how they pulled it off. If you LOVE Sherry, and I do mean love, then by all means, this is your bottle. At cask strength it holds structure with water, but I preferred it beat. There are lots of malts in the $50 range that are far better IMHO. An overrated classic.
Master of Malt Customer Sep 13, 2014
A Cask Strength that pleases without water
Enjoying a great sherry finished Scotch is a great experience. The Dalmore 18, The MaCallan and now, for me, Aberlour. What an excellent dram for a cask strength. Cask strength Scotch has always has a big bright greeting on the tongue for me and this particular sherried Scotch is so smooth, it doesn't pop with heat on the tongue at first. Greeted with a super smooth sweetness, uncharacteristic of cask strength, gives way to such a nice woodsy vanilla raisin creme flavor really just unbelievable. Moved this to the front next to the Glenlivet 15 Nadurra, the Balblair 24 and The Dalmore 18. It's replaced my signatory bottle of Jura 24 just because it's oh so awesome like that!
What a price point!
Master of Malt Customer Sep 11, 2014
Unbelievable
Perhaps personal preference - but I've not just tried, but become intimately familiar with close to 100 different bottles of scotch in the past year - dozens of distilleries both young and old (some 40+ years) and every time I come back to this bottle it blows my mind. It has to be my #1 favourite, unequivocally. Many scotches can be "good" but this bottle truly gets me excited. It's a delight to the senses. And for the money, that's incredible considering bottles up to 6 times its price have often not had me nearly as excited. You must try this - first neat, then try with adding a generous amount of water (a teaspoon to a 30mL dram). Just beautiful.
Master of Malt Customer Aug 22, 2014
