Aberlour 14 12 months Previous Double Cask has not too long ago joined their core vary alongside the 12, 16, and 18 12 months Previous releases. It’s a mixture of first-fill American oak (bourbon) casks and Oloroso sherry casks.
As soon as a novelty when The Balvenie began ending whisky, that is now a quite common (nearly conventional) process that doesn’t actually stand out from the group. That mentioned, Aberlour has a protracted historical past of double maturation so that they know what they’re doing.
Aberlour 14 yo ‘Double Cask’ (40%, OB 2021, Batch 0001)
Nostril: fairly rounded, with jammy peaches, hints of marzipan and vanilla. Toffee and orange cake as properly. Then some honey emerges, with somewhat polished oak. Some (European oak?) spice sits within the background, like clove and cinnamon. Moderately fragrant with no tough edges in any respect.
Mouth: candy and creamy, however missing a little bit of punch. A lot of oranges once more, alongside yellow plums, summer season berries and vanilla. After that it turns into extra wooden influenced, displaying clove, honeyed Darjeeling, somewhat candied ginger, minty notes and black pepper. Milk chocolate and hints of espresso beans in the long run.
End: not too lengthy. Nonetheless a honeyed observe but in addition drying wooden.
A reasonably supple Aberlour which mixes a fruity spirit and wooden spice from the sherry casks. The stability is okay however it will undoubtedly profit from a barely larger energy. choice for inexperienced persons or those that choose excessive smoothness, I’d say. Out there from The Whisky Alternate and Grasp of Malt as an illustration.
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