Aberlour A'bunadh Batch 79 tasting notes
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concert_goerAberlour A'bunadh NAS OB 75cl 60.5% ABV
Batch no.79
Matured in Spanish Oloroso Sherry butts
Time code 2023/05/10
Color: amber.
Nose: freshly cut boards, allspice, clay, cherries, tobacco, apricots, chocolate, lacquered furniture, a hint of turpentine, bread, apples, oranges, lemons, mint, ginger, a touch of sulphur. A mixed bag. With water: cocoa, more apples, eraser, rose petals, less sulphur.
Taste: dark chocolate, cherries, cranberry jam, oranges, clove, raisins, spice, licorice, honey, oak. Quite sweet. With water: coffee liqueur, barberries, lemons, mint. Like it more with water!
Finish: dark chocolate, a lot of spice, honey, oak, cocoa, cranberries, wet cardboard. With water: both bread and gingerbread notes.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+2=0. (Without water: +1+1=0.)
Conclusion: sweet and spicy malt, lacking dimension, though improving with water. 82/100. My 9th sherried A'bunadh, first since 2019, not sure I need to return to the series, looks like its decline continues. There's abundance of good sherried Scotch these days, take GlenAllachie for example.
Batch no.79
Matured in Spanish Oloroso Sherry butts
Time code 2023/05/10
Color: amber.
Nose: freshly cut boards, allspice, clay, cherries, tobacco, apricots, chocolate, lacquered furniture, a hint of turpentine, bread, apples, oranges, lemons, mint, ginger, a touch of sulphur. A mixed bag. With water: cocoa, more apples, eraser, rose petals, less sulphur.
Taste: dark chocolate, cherries, cranberry jam, oranges, clove, raisins, spice, licorice, honey, oak. Quite sweet. With water: coffee liqueur, barberries, lemons, mint. Like it more with water!
Finish: dark chocolate, a lot of spice, honey, oak, cocoa, cranberries, wet cardboard. With water: both bread and gingerbread notes.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+2=0. (Without water: +1+1=0.)
Conclusion: sweet and spicy malt, lacking dimension, though improving with water. 82/100. My 9th sherried A'bunadh, first since 2019, not sure I need to return to the series, looks like its decline continues. There's abundance of good sherried Scotch these days, take GlenAllachie for example.
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