Aberlour / 30 Years Old - Whisky Magazine

Aberlour

30 Years Old

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 2

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Specifications

Brand: Aberlour
Expression: 30 Years Old
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 30 years old
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland / Highland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Editor's Choice
Issue 2

Tasting notes

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: A faultlessly clean and deep sherry aroma with a mint residue and beautiful lemon notes. Compelling.
Palate: Deep, moderately dry throughout with a slow build up of peppery spices and smoke. Malty, grapey succulence with some cocoa bitterness giving extra complexity.
Finish: Amazingly long and brilliantly weighted, the fruitiness sweetens the malt gracefully.
Comment: A really excellent and classy Aberlour showing amazing complexity for its age.

9.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Polished leather. Mature, finessed.
Palate: Firmly malty. Hint of smoky peat, plus rooty liquorice and anise. Tightly combined flavours.
Finish: Surprisingly fresh oak. Sappiness and log fires; warming.
Comment: More sophisticated, especially in the finish. Better balanced, but less voluptuous maltiness.

8.5

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