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Aberlour
12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 40%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$54

Aberlour
12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch

Date Tasted:
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 40%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of ripe red apple, caramel latte, toasted oats, candied ginger, vanilla bean, and brown sugar-sprinkled shortbread with a supple, vibrant, dryish medium body and a smooth, complex, long finish that presents impressions of hints of chocolate and butterscotch cookie. A delectable, easy-to-love Single Malt with palate-pleasing barrel character.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich
Aroma Aroma: ripe red apple, caramel latte, toasted oats, candied ginger, vanilla bean, and brown sugar-sprinkled shortbread
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with impressions of hints of chocolate and butterscotch cookie
Smoothness Smoothness: Smooth
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Rusty Nail, Rob Roy, Blood & Sand
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A delectable, easy-to-love Single Malt with palate-pleasing barrel character.
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The Producer or Importer

Pernod Ricard USA

The Producer or Importer
250 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10177
USA
1 914-848-4800
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Speyside Single Malt Scotch

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Serve in a Glencairn Scotch Whisky Glass
About
Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Speyside refers whisky made by the 50+ distilleries near the river Spey in the Scottish highlands. These distilleries are noted for their use of refilled, ex-Sherry casks in the maturation of their whiskies. The Sherry casks imparts telltale fruit and nut tones to the final whisky.

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Aberlour 12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky rating was calculated by to be 92 points out of 100 on 6/24/2021. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.