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Aberlour A'bunadh

A Great big sherry fruitcake cuddle

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@benellefsenReview by @benellefsen

19th Oct 2009

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Aberlour A'bunadh
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Nose - Big Sherry, Bigger Sherry, and more Sherry just in case you didn't get the message at first. A touch of Nutmeg and cinnamon creep in at the end.

Palate - A Brown sugar and sherry assault on the senses. This soon gives way though to an extraordinary cornucopia of Christmas cake ingredients. There are raisins, mixed peel, but most interesting (not to mention surprising) is the presence of Brazil-nuts! Amazing.

Finish - Long, Lingering, sherry is definitely here in droves, but there is the lingering tannin given by the Brazil nuts (I'll concede it might be the oak :0)).

We've just taken delivery of Batch 26 of this astonishing series, but Batch 19 has to be a personal favourite for me. Won't be around for ever this one...

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6 comments

@jeanluc
jeanluc commented

This is one of the most popular whiskies with the Connosr community, certainly one of the most review-worthy.

15 years ago 0

@benellefsen
benellefsen commented

I should have made it clearer that this is Batch 19 I was reviewing - apologies...

I've got a glass of Amrut Fusion on my desk now - scored 97 in the Whisky bible - review to follow in a couple of minutes :)

15 years ago 0

@cintain
cintain commented

I have a bottle of Batch 25 sitting on my shelf... I admit, I am hoarding it. Aberlour 12 YO Double Cask is one of my all-time favourites, so I imagine the a'bunadh must be even better. Can't decide on a special enough occasion to crack it open, tho... thanks for the review.

15 years ago 0

@jeanluc
jeanluc commented

Really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the Amrut.

15 years ago 0

@jdcook
jdcook commented

The A'bunadh is the king of special bottlings of whisky - every batch is different, and I haven't heard of a single batch that reviewed badly (although some are more brilliant than others. I have a batch 18 I'm going to review in the next week.

I too am looking forward to to your review of the Amrut... :)

15 years ago 0

@benellefsen
benellefsen commented

@cintain - we've got the batch 25 in stock at less than £34, and delivery to Mexico city is less than £30 - get drinking my man :)

15 years ago 0