Aberlour A'bunadh batch #32

Name: Aberlour A'bunadh batch #32
Brand: Aberlour
SKU: 17880
Rating: 87.69 (105 reviews)

Overall rating: 87.69/100
votes: 105

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Aberlour
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottled: 2010
Casktype: Sherry
Casknumber: Batch 32
Strength: 60.4 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Added on: 05 Sep 2010 4:32 pm

Average value

€ 128.33

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Whisky Reviews for Aberlour A'bunadh batch #32

11 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.69 points

KayMeertens scored this whisky 88 points
10 Mar 2014 10:43 pm
Blind tasting of a sample.

Nose

Ripe plum, cherry, orange Tic-Tac, toffee, raisin, dried apricot, leather, milk chocolate, vanilla, lime, liquorice and honey. A very rich nose that gives a more mature impression than the whisky's actual age.

Taste

Orange, toffee, cherry, marshmallow, raspberry, prune, raisin, mocha and citrus. A lot less mature than the nose, but still very enjoyable.

Finish

Caramel, orange, almond, cherry and a whiff of smoke.
etwa77 scored this whisky 89 points
22 Nov 2020 8:25 pm
Nose

90 90

strong coffee liqueur on first nose, followed by vanillated sugar, sweet pastries and herbal bitters.. fruits arrive fashionably late with dried apricots (thank you, KayMeertens), cherries, overripe plums and a hint of smoke.. slightly smoked, dried plums soaking in coffee-spiked spirit, that’s it!

Taste

89 89

strong sherry attack.. sweet, but first intensely dry.. like eating a raw, hot chili pepper that ends nicely..

Finish

88 88

quite elegant, along leather and mahogany wood.. or what i imagine this particular wood would taste like if i took a bite from a very old piece of furniture
Defeatless scored this whisky 89 points
17 Feb 2016 10:08 pm
Nose: Sherry monster. A touch of red wine, hint of grass, some oak. Quite a alcohol burn to go through tough. Some spices and nettle tea. With water (9ml on 30ml sample): more wood and some spice. Yet still a sherry monster. hint of shoe polish.

Taste: Dark chocolate arrival, burst of sherry notes, sweetness of the oak, some nuts, five spice, cinnamon, pepper. With water: everything gets more developed and a less aggressive.

Body: Full and rounded. a bit oily but only when you add water

Finish: long: Heavy sherry. Some chocolate, dark leather notes, hint of tobacco.

Price: This one is twice the original price (50 euro's) nowadays, a bit exaggerated.

Presentation: This was a sample, but all recent bottles are decent.
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Przemyslaw Kopanczyk scored this whisky 84 points
19 Apr 2015 10:04 am
http://www.worldwhiskybase.pl/a/40-aberlour/86-aberlour-a-bunadh-batch-32-60_40.html

Nose

8,4 Słodka z nutami wiśni w czekoladzie z odrobiną cynamonu, wanilii oraz gałki muszkatołowej z akcentem beczki dębowej.

Taste

8,4 Lekko cierpka z nutami wiśni, śliwki oraz agrestu z odrobiną kakao i cynamonu.

Finish

8,5 Dobrej długości, ciepły z nurami wiśni oraz pomarańczy z odrobiną białego pieprzu oraz gałki muszkatołowej.
Jean-Brice scored this whisky 86 points
22 May 2013 8:24 pm
Young, fiery and long in the mouth. Not complex but easily drinkable. A beautiful batch.

Nose

Dried fruits (walnut wine), red fruits (strawberries and grenadine), figs. We feel the influence of a sherry cask but we also feel the wood with a lot of vanilla.

Taste

Powerful, sweet. On grenadine.

Finish

Long
D3US scored this whisky 91 points
01 Dec 2012 12:10 pm
A'bunadh has always been one of my all time favorites and this is no different. Fantastic stuff and I'll never tire of this.

Nose

Chocolate is the first thing I get. Heavy, dry sherry and oaky sharpness. Cinnamon spice, coffee liqueur, dark cooked fruits, raisins and lots of spice.

Taste

So very dry, but after the gums and tongue regain sense, mouth watering to no end. That's when an explosion of sweet flavors comes out; Cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla, dark sweet fruits, malt, coffee, leather, maybe even some faint mint.

Finish

Long, sweet, lovely. Drying sherry, chocolate and caramel sweetness, the fruits are more winey now, raisins, cherries and grapes.
Edwin de Lange scored this whisky 90 points
05 Jun 2012 8:09 pm

A real delightful sherry beast! Very full and rounded balance.

A little water makes it even better!
TheNose scored this whisky 88 points
08 Mar 2012 11:00 pm

Nose: chocolat, toffee, farnish, dried prunes, some tobacco (pipe)

Taste: raisins, coffee, orange peel, spicy,

Finish: long, drying
Jonkers scored this whisky 92 points
20 Feb 2012 9:56 pm
What a whisky ! It's almost too bad to share this whisky with other people, even with your best friends. You would prefer to drink it all by yourself....but civilisation and politeness tells you NOT to do it. Wished I was NOT civilized and NOT polite...

Nose

After the strong alcohol: lots of sherry. Slightly malty, vanilla honey and oak.
After adding 3 teaspoons of water: Sherry, malt and hints of vanilla and white chocolate.

Taste

Liquorice is strongly present. After the "alcohol-explosion" sherry appears, accompanied by honey. Very mouthfilling !
After adding 3 teaspoons of water: a not expected softness because of the high alcoholpercentage (60!). Clearly honey and sherry but also hints of liquorice and banana. Light peppery.

Finish

Pepper !! Then liquorice and then sherry and honey.
After adding 3 teaspoons of water: slightly bitter and peppery. After that a very pleasant sweetness. Honey and custard and in the end butter candies. Longlasting.
mmaclean scored this whisky 89 points
26 Oct 2011 1:23 am

This was the first release I found with the new one piece label. Anything over 60% is going to be well worth its weight in gold. The work it must take to get this color consistently awesome. The taste is amazing and the trick is to sip a mouthful and let the alcohol vapors escape while not spilling any on yourself and let it relax in side for a minute or two and then slowly sip it down and watch its complexity start to come alive.

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