Aberlour A'bunadh

Speyside cake

Reviewed by
Connosr member:

Smokehead

Date:

17th Jun 2012

Reviewer rating:

95

About this score:

  • Nose: 25
  • Taste: 24
  • Finish: 24
  • Balance: 22

The average score for this whisky is 90.

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Tasting Notes by Smokehead

If you like fruit cake, chocolate pot, creme brulee, marshmallow, banana mousses, pecan pie, apple strudel, Christmas cake, marzipan, toffee fudge sprinkled with icing sugar. YOU WILL like this gem of a scotch.

The flavors are so intense and layered, making this whiskey a fun experiment where you can add little bit of water each time to see just how the complexity of its flavors unfold. It also has a lovely rum tone to its noise, amazing

I have recently been venturing outside my peat scotch comfort zone, just tried acquired the Glenfarclas 15y, Glendronach 15y revival and the A'bunadh. A'bunadh came out top by a conuntry mile. Dont get me wrong, the other two are just gorgeous, but i loved the FULL BODY A'bunadh just that much more

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Whisky details

Distillery/Brand:

Aberlour

Bottling:

Region:

Speyside

ABV:

59%

Colour:

Amontillado Sherry

Aberlour A'bunadh Speyside cake Reviewed on 2012-06-17T12:24:00 scoring 95/100 by Smokehead

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Comments

Russ

Russ wrote:

Hey @Smokehead, which batch was this?

17 June 2012 16:37
Smokehead

Smokehead wrote:

39,if you are in the UK, Waitrose has it on sales

29 June 2012 21:33
Wills

Wills wrote:

Love that review, especially the first passage :)

Have fun enjoying your nice non-smoker!

29 June 2012 23:05
FMichael

FMichael wrote:

I just picked up a bottle of the A'bunadh a few days ago (haven't tried it yet)...It's batch #39...There were a few other batches available for purchase; #35, #37, and #40.

It was a spur of the moment purchase; I had intentions of purchasing a bottle of the Highland Park 15 yr, but just recently I fell in love with the Aberlour 16 yr, and when I saw the Aberlour A'bunadh, and the newly released Aberlour 12 yr Un-Chill Filtered - I went with those 2 whisky's instead of the Highland Park 15.

Decisions - decisions.....

10 August 2012 16:59

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