Aberlour Whisky

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  Aberlour 12 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865471-63

  At the foot of Ben Rinnes two burns run together, and right there sits a distillery whose founder had his life motto printed on the label. Let the deed show. No grand words, just do the work. This bottle is the distillery’s most straightforward answer to what it can do.

  The Expert's Description

  Aberlour 12 Years Old Double Cask Matured is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in traditional oak casks and Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 40%. The name says it: the whisky has rested in two different cask types, and the interplay between them is what the whole release is built on.

  Aberlour's new make carries a distinctive crisp citrus character, and the sherry casks are there to complement rather than drown it. The bourbon and oak casks hold on to that freshness and a clear malt sweetness, while the Oloroso casks lay in raisins, orange and a soft spiced depth. The balance sits closer to Christmas cake than to a sherry bomb.

  The distillery was founded in 1879 by the grain merchant James Fleming in the village of Aberlour, where the Lour Burn meets the River Spey. Every oak cask is chosen by the team behind the whisky, and the sherry casks are nosed through before they are filled.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Orange peel and honey first, over a clear malty floor. The sherry arrives as raisins and a streak of cinnamon, and a light nuttiness with a hint of soft caramel sits further back.

  Palate

  Soft and round from the first sip. Baked apples, malt and orange marmalade open, then dried fruit and a mild spiced warmth from the sherry casks. The 40% makes it easy to drink, yet there is still a decent layer of fruit to follow.

  Finish

  Medium length and soft. Malt, honey and a light dried fruit note that lets go calmly with no sharp edge.

  Specifications

  Name: Aberlour 12 Years Old Double Cask Matured Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 40%
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Traditional oak casks and Oloroso sherry casks
  Edition: Double Cask Matured
  EAN no.: 3047100017849

  Flavour Profile

  Sherry Matured · Fruity · Malty · Soft · Spiced · Honeyed

  Did You Know?

  James Fleming spent much of his fortune on the village rather than on himself. He paid for the town hall, the local hospital and the Penny Bridge across the River Spey, which locals could cross for a penny. The bridge still stands, and his motto, Let the deed show, still appears on every bottle.

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  • 1pcs.
    73,50EUR
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  Aberlour 16 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865471-68

  Aberlour 16 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%
  
  Aberlour 16 years Whisky that is Double Cask Matured - The 16 years of maturation takes place first in first fill Bourbon oak barrels and then in the finest sherry casks - a fantastic dram.
  
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Age: 16 years
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Alc. strength: 40 %
  70 cl.
  Other: Double Cask Matured - The 16 years of maturation takes place first in first fill Bourbon oak barrels and then in the finest sherry casks

  • 1pcs.
    134,00EUR
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  Aberlour 18 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 50 cl 43%

  Item no.: 27221-65635

  Where the Lour Burn meets the River Spey, at the heart of Speyside's most classic whisky landscape, Aberlour has been distilling malt since 1879.

  Expert description

  Aberlour 18 Year Old Double Cask Matured Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky from Aberlour is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in ex-bourbon casks and oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, bottled at 43%. The distillery was founded in 1879 by James Fleming at the confluence of the Lour Burn and the River Spey, a location that gave the distillery both its name — 'mouth of the chattering burn' — and the soft, iron-free spring water still used in production today. Aberlour has been owned for decades by Chivas Brothers, part of the French drinks group Pernod Ricard, and is at the same time France's best-selling single malt whisky, a result of the distillery's long-standing ties to the French market. The 18 Year Old undergoes double maturation: the whisky first matures in ex-bourbon casks before a significant portion is transferred to oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, giving it its characteristic combination of soft sweetness and deep fruitiness.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  The nose opens with raisins, orange peel and a soft sherry sweetness, backed by dark chocolate and a hint of oak spice.

  Palate

  The palate offers dried fruit, walnuts and a smooth sweetness, with layers of cinnamon and an undertone of apple pie.

  Finish

  The finish is long and warming, with sherry, brown sugar and a closing hint of smoke.

  Specifications

  Name: Aberlour 18 år Double Cask Matured Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 18 years
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 50 CL
  Cask type: Ex-bourbon and oloroso/Pedro Ximénez sherry casks
  Non-chill filtered: No
  Natural colour: Yes
  EAN no.: 5000299620144

  Flavour profile

  Sherried · Fruity · Creamy · Spicy

  Investment potential

  Low – An 18-year-old double-matured single malt from one of Speyside's most respected distilleries, where the long maturation and the complexity of the sherry casks give it clear collector appeal within its segment.

  Did you know?

  According to an old Scottish legend, the monk St. Drostan hid in a cave behind what is now Aberlour's spring while fleeing Viking raids — the very same spring water the monk once drank from is still used in the distillery's production today.

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    134,00EUR
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  Aberlour Casg Annamh Batch Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 48%

  Item no.: 222278655555547-7755

  Aberlour Casg Annamh Batch Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 48%
  
  Casg Annamh means rare cask in Scottish Gaelic and refers to the sherry casks that Aberlour has been using for the last 30 years. They have previously held Oloroso sherry and they help to provide the unmatched flavor. In addition to the sherry casks, Casg Annamh has been aged in 2 types of American oak barrels, so it is a triple maturation. On the palate, you'll find notes of apple, cinnamon, peach and a hint of licorice. Try Aberlour Casg Annamh Batch Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Age: NA
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Alc. strength: 48 %
  70 cl.
  Other: Casg Annamh - different Batch numbers

  • 1pcs.
    87,00EUR
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  Aberlour Forest Reserve 10 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865471-4

  The name is not about the taste, it is about the trees. Aberlour has spent years working on woodland conservation in Speyside, and this bottle takes its name from that effort. What is in the glass is rather more concrete: three kinds of oak, and one of them is French.

  The Expert's Description

  Aberlour Forest Reserve 10 Years Old is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon casks and Jerez sherry casks, then finished in French Limousin oak and bottled at 40%. It is the French oak that sets it apart from the rest of Aberlour's range.

  Limousin oak comes from the forests around Limoges in central France and is normally used for cognac rather than whisky. The wood is porous and tannin-rich, giving a drier, spicier wood character than American oak: think pepper and nuts rather than vanilla and coconut. The bourbon casks underneath keep the malt sweetness in place, and the sherry casks lay in raisins and orange.

  Aberlour sits in the village of the same name, where the Lour Burn joins the River Spey at the foot of Ben Rinnes. The name is Gaelic and means roughly the mouth of the chattering burn.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Honey and baked apple first, with orange peel behind. Then a drier, almost woody note arrives with nutmeg and a hint of gingerbread spice, which is the French oak reporting in. Raisins and a light nutty sweetness sit at the back.

  Palate

  Soft opening with malt, caramel and baked fruit. Mid-palate the wood tightens up with spice and a drier tannic edge, unusual for an Aberlour at 40%. The raisins from the sherry casks round it off. Easy to drink without being dull.

  Finish

  Medium length. Spiced oak, honey and a light dryness that hangs on for longer than the strength suggests.

  Specifications

  Name: Aberlour Forest Reserve 10 Years Old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 40%
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks and Jerez sherry casks, finished in French Limousin oak
  Edition: Forest Reserve
  EAN no.: 5000299620403

  Flavour Profile

  Malty · Fruity · Spiced · Oaky · Honeyed · Sherry Matured

  Did You Know?

  Limousin oak is the cognac cask. The French have used it for centuries precisely because it is porous enough to let the spirit breathe and tannic enough to give structure. Using it for Scotch malt whisky is a far more recent idea, and not many distilleries still do it.

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  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
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  Aberlour Triple Cask Matured Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-608

  Most whiskies use two cask types and call it a day. Here there are three, and two of them are bourbon casks of different sizes. That sounds like a detail. It is not, because the volume of a cask decides how fast the wood works.

  The Expert's Description

  Aberlour Triple Cask Matured is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in bourbon barrels, bourbon hogsheads and Oloroso sherry casks, bottled at 40%. The three cask types were not chosen for the sake of symmetry but because each one contributes something different.

  A bourbon barrel holds around 200 litres, a hogshead around 250. The smaller cask has more wood contact per litre and therefore works faster and more directly, giving more vanilla and coconut. The hogshead moves more slowly and yields a rounder, maltier character. The Oloroso casks then stack raisins, orange and spice on top of the other two.

  There is no age statement. Aberlour assembles the whisky by flavour profile rather than by date, and three cask types give exactly that freedom. The distillery sits at the foot of Ben Rinnes in the village of Aberlour.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Vanilla and light caramel first, clearly bourbon-driven. Then honey, ripe pear and a gentle coconut note. The sherry sits discreetly behind as orange marmalade and a streak of cinnamon.

  Palate

  Round and lightly creamy. Custard and malt open, then baked apples and a mild spiced warmth from the Oloroso casks. There is more vanilla and less raisin here than in the distillery’s sherry-heavy expressions. Soft the whole way through.

  Finish

  Medium length. Vanilla, malt and a light oak dryness. The sweetness fades calmly with no bitterness.

  Specifications

  Name: Aberlour Triple Cask Matured Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40%
  Distillery: Aberlour
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon barrels, bourbon hogsheads and Oloroso sherry casks
  Edition: Triple Cask Matured
  EAN no.: 5000299620120

  Flavour Profile

  Vanilla · Fruity · Malty · Soft · Honeyed · Spiced

  Did You Know?

  The difference between a barrel and a hogshead is not only size. A hogshead is typically built by gathering staves from several bourbon barrels and fitting new heads. The cask is therefore recycled material reassembled, and that is why hogsheads are so common in Scotland: they can be built from American offcuts.

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    93,75EUR
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  Douglas Laing 70th Anniversary 20 Year Old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 52%

  Item no.: 22337555-79632

  Some whiskies you can simply go out and buy. Others required you to be standing in a particular room on a particular evening. Douglas Laing turned 70 in 2018, and for the celebration a single sherry butt was emptied. Seventy bottles. Every one of them signed by hand.

  The Expert's Description

  Douglas Laing 70th Anniversary 20 Years Old is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in a single Sherry Butt and bottled at 52%. It was created for the importers and staff who attended the company’s 70th anniversary celebration, never reached a retail shelf, and that alone explains a great deal about how few exist.

  The Speyside distillery behind the whisky is undisclosed. That is standard practice when Douglas Laing bottles single casks sourced from distilleries that will not lend their name, and it is why the label reads Single Speyside Malt rather than a distillery name. The style, however, is unmistakable. Twenty years in Spanish sherry oak has pushed dark fruit and depth into the spirit without flattening Speyside's brighter malt sweetness. The cask yielded 70 bottles, hand filled and numbered, each label carrying the signatures of both Fred and Cara Laing.

  Douglas Laing has been bottling whisky since 1948 and the firm remains in the family's hands. The 70th Anniversary was their own birthday present to themselves, and one of the rarest pieces of whisky history the family has ever released.

  Tasting Notes

  Nose

  Dark ripe fruit leads: prunes, figs and long-steeped raisins. Behind that sit honey, orange peel and a dry nuttiness from the sherry oak. Give the glass fifteen minutes and vanilla arrives, along with a whisper of old leather.

  Palate

  Full and close to oily. Caramel and baked apple meet cinnamon and a touch of clove, with oak tannin keeping the sweetness on a short leash. The 52% reads as warmth rather than heat. A few drops of water do not break it apart, they round it out.

  Finish

  Long and dry. Dark chocolate, pipe tobacco and a nutty bitterness that hangs around well after the last sip. Right at the end the honey comes back.

  Specifications

  Name: Douglas Laing 70th Anniversary 20 Years Old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 52%
  Bottler: Douglas Laing
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 20 years
  ABV: 52%
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Sherry Butt
  Bottled: 2018
  Number of bottles: 70
  Edition: 70th Anniversary

  Flavour Profile

  Sherry Matured · Fruity · Spiced · Nutty · Full Bodied · Oaky

  Investment Potential

  High. One cask, 70 bottles, never released for general sale and signed by the family behind the firm. That combination makes the bottle genuinely hard to track down, and it has climbed considerably in value since 2018.

  Did You Know?

  Douglas Laing was founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing. That year Scotch was still rationed after the war, and most of the whisky bottled in Scotland was shipped abroad to earn foreign currency for the British Treasury. The firm was born into a market where whisky was treated almost as a trading commodity, on a par with coal.

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  • 1pcs.
    603,00EUR