Aberlour A'bunadh batch 10 59.8% NV

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (82)

Colour: full amber. Nose: wow, what an attack! Hugely compact, on sherry and strong caramel. Bang! The caramel grows even stronger with time, with also some rubber and cooked strawberries. Incredibly bold, but frankly, it rather lacks complexity… Develops on overcooked wine sauce and old rum, roasted raisins… I feel it’s more a ‘recipe’ than a malt, in fact. Is it really ‘natural’? Mouth: strong, bold and coating attack, but it isn’t pungent at all. Very sweet, like a cooked sweet wine… Lots of dried orange, toffee, caramel sauce… Some feint sourish notes too: decidedly, this one is very vinous. Again, it’s not too complex, to say the least! The finish is very long, of course, but sort of lumpish, again on cooked wine. Sort of a monster!