Aberfeldy Distillery
ABV 40%
Delicate but not bland. Real subtlety. Very mature, but not a hint of wood. A Highlander, but blindfold I would have placed it as a Speysider.
Michael Jackson
Connoisseurs Choice
Gordon & MacPhail
Brand
1978
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
1998
Year of Bottling
40%
ABV
Highland
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Still very fresh, but drier, with a touch more smokiness, and no obvious sherry.
Palate: Oilier. Very tangerine-like. Sweeter. Scenty. More complex.
Finish: Attractively appetising late echo of peat smoke.
Comment: Delicate but not bland. Real subtlety. Very mature, but not a hint of wood. A Highlander, but blindfold I would have placed it as a Speysider.
Score: 7.8
Taster
Nose: Stupendous aroma: a posy of lilacs and blue bells which is heady and rich.
Palate: Drier than the nose suggests with an early arrival of firm oak. Sweetens as the malt arrives.
Finish: Decent bitter-sweet balance which perhaps levels out on the former but always with a barley-sugar undercurrent.
Comment: Held its age well and another gem for the sweet-toothed. Excellent.
Score: 8.5
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