| #219 Aberlour 12 YO Double Cask Matured Single Malt Scotch (Speyside) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This cost is what I found the likely shelf price for a 750ml bottle to be, based on an average of costs throughout the USA. Your price may differ significantly. This is not an advertisement of sale, this bottle is likely empty by now anyway Cost | $4000 |  | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bottler | Official Bottling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The whisky's score as weighed against the cost of a bottle. Adj. Score | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ABV | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tasting # 241: Aberlour 12 stumbles (07-MAR-2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |  (ON BREAK) As a huge fan of the standard  Aberlour lineup, the 12 Double Cask seemed like an easy purchase for our break. Sadly it was heavily over-sherried and falls apart. It's still a world better than what I've been slogging through, but this is hardly a sign of springtime. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Impression | I'm a big fan of Aberlour so far, so I'm hoping this is another feather in her cap. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Smell | A nice sherry and wood scent, which isn't all that surprising with the oak and sherry finishes listed on the label. The sherry is pretty strong, and after a recent experience it isn't an entirely good scent. Luckily there are some other encouraging notes: anise, hay and nutmeg. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Taste | Well the sherry certainly takes center stage. There's a good orange and spice addition to keep it somewhat it check, but it's still far too much on the front end. It's sticky and swamps all the other flavors out. The build adds cinnamon and a bit of wood plus prickle going into the top. The fade brings back a lot of sherry, which ends sour and again, there's just way too much of it. Really giving me bad flashbacks to Ledaig, the sherry is a single note that seems to end badly each time. The prickle will last through to the beginning of the fade, where some trace malt appears way too late. The finish turns up the malt volume slight, there's a final burst of orange and a few trace spices. Borderline enjoyable, the few nice flavors are unbalanced by the overwhelming and often tart sherry flavor and the whole thing is ultimately disappointing. Below 60, sitting somewhere in the middle 50s. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tasting Score | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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