That said some batches have been sulphur tainted, though thats more an exception than a rule...
This time, I'll be review 2 expressions (in separate reviews).
Both are a part of their 'Bottle your own'-experience when you visit the distillery.
Both expressions are at cask strength, like the A'bunadh, but older - 16 years to be exact... and even distilled on the same date. The first one is matured in a 1st fill ex-bourbon cask, the second in a 1st fill sherry cask.
Aberlour 1996 (04.03.1996) 16yo 54,4% 1st fill bourbon cask#6837, Distillery - Bottle your own 26.08.2012
Straw coloured
Nose:
Immense sweetness, vanilla, the sugared burnt almonds and danish marzipan. After that malt, oak and maybe a minimal hint of a soap? Lemon winegums, varnish and meringue.
Taste:
Again an avalanche of sweetness, but also very oak driven this time, especially on the finish. Aberlour is naturally a very sweet spirit and a 1st fill bourbon cask really gets it going on vanilla, spiced apples and pears, custard and a bit of wet cardboard on the finish... did I mention it was oak driven???
83/100! Good, but not great!
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