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Aberlour
12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Date Tasted:
6/24/2021
Country: Scotland
Alcohol: 40%
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92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$54
Aberlour
12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Category: Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Date Tasted:
6/24/2021
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
Style:
Rich
Aroma:
ripe red apple, caramel latte, toasted oats, candied ginger, vanilla bean, and brown sugar-sprinkled shortbread
Flavor:
Same as aromas with impressions of hints of chocolate and butterscotch cookie
Smoothness:
Smooth
Enjoy:
in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Cocktails:
Rusty Nail, Rob Roy, Blood & Sand
Bottom Line:
A delectable, easy-to-love Single Malt with palate-pleasing barrel character.
The Producer or Importer
Pernod Ricard USA
250 Park Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10177
USA
1 914-848-4800
www.aberlour.com
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Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Serve in a Glencairn Scotch Whisky Glass
About
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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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