Aberlour 12-year-old

Overall rating: 84.36/100
votes: 368

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Aberlour
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Non Chill-Filtered
Stated Age: 12 years old
Strength: 48.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5000299298282
Added on: 22 Sep 2011 9:13 am

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€ 43,50

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Whisky Reviews for Aberlour 12-year-old

85 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.36 points

schero scored this whisky 86 points
18 Sep 2017 9:57 pm
One of the best standards ever. Affordable strawberry whisky

Nose

Strawberries and raspberries, quite perceptible alcohol, vanilla, oak, blind, I would rather expect a port maturation, with time, even find some tobacco

Taste

The strawberries and raspberries are immediately present again, acidic to oak-accented peppery, light pungent on the tip of the tongue, with the time creamy, the second sip is a bit bitter but also set

Finish

Slightly bitter oak at the beginning, very sweet after, the red fruits are also to be found again
Mannheimer scored this whisky 88 points
27 Jul 2017 8:59 pm
Nice intensity due to the lack of cooling filtration. Variety of flavors significantly higher than the normal 12er, top class, PLV unbeatable.

Nose

Beautiful sherry, strong and aromatic, chocolate, ripe plums, oranges. Touch of white fruits.

Taste

Great, very sweet start with a lot of sherry, then milk chocolate, dates, raisins and plums. Coffee and kako in the background, cocoa notes become clearer on the second sip. Full and voluminous, beautiful!

Finish

Long and spicy, sherry and coffee, no bitterness or just a touch.
Gloin scored this whisky 85 points
27 Aug 2016 12:02 am
The alcohol note at the beginning was very disturbing, but maybe it was my daily form. After that had gone, I liked the whisky well, not too strong dominance of sherry, strength and independence, only the finish could be more expressive.

Nose

At the first moment unfortunately something stings the nose, so I let him breathe for a moment ... after a while it gets better, but does not disappear completely. Now it goes: intense orange, not sweet, ginger, slightly sour, basil, sherry in the background, fresh, slightly freshly cut wood, tart apple, maple syrup Now after 10 minutes the alcohol has completely disappeared and the whisky sweetened

Taste

Gentle onset and soft body, immediately orange again, chocolate, acidic filter coffee, a little oak with a delicate bitterness, leeks

Finish

Sweet oak, very warm, a reminder of the oranges, medium long
Dramned! scored this whisky 89 points
18 Jan 2016 6:34 pm
I already tried some Aberlour and could not get really warm with any, not even with the much praised 18yo. In the nose, they were all very promising, but then disappointed me on the palate. They were then rather flat and seemed to me watered down. Everything is different here The high alcohol content and the lack of cooling filtration make this 12-year-old a true experience. The nose is very beautiful and complex, as with the others. On the tongue, he then really gas! A strong, full-bodied and complex variety of flavors, which I had never before in such a Aberlour. Great! If they now process all their whiskys so favorably and respect the taste desires of most whisky lovers would - and maybe even do without the bad coloring - Aberlour could rise into the ranks of my favorite distilleries.

Nose

Despite the high 48% and quite young age barely perceptible alcohol, dark fruit compote, spices, plums, cherries, raisins, spicy oak flavors, a little vanilla,

Taste

Intensive voluminous onset, licorice (the first time that I taste something like that!), Licorice, a whole fruit basket of aromas, a beautiful dry and salivating sweetness, very full-bodied and complex

Finish

a nice sharpness, medium long with a mild sherry note and tart-spicy wood flavors
Dalm did not rate this whisky
17 Jan 2016 1:34 pm

Aroma: sweet, fruity, sherry, strawberry, in the background vanilla, honey, chocolate and raisins
Taste: intense, sherry, dark fruits, oily, oak / alcohol prickle
Finish: long, oak, dark chocolate
Gaija scored this whisky 83 points
14 Aug 2019 6:06 pm

As an addendum, I might add that I find surprising how some manage to rave about its fruitiness. This thing sure has its charms, on the nose mostly, but its fruitiness is ... far from obvious in my humble point of view. Reading things like tropical fruits, bananas, etc. in reviews of this malt makes me think that it's fascinating how perception can differ from person to person ... and makes me wonder what these people will use as descriptors when facing an early 90's Irish, then :D Anyway, to each their own ! The only truth is in the glass, and in the nostrils of the beholder. Slainte !
Gaija scored this whisky 83 points
14 Aug 2019 11:51 am
It's certainly not as disappointing as I remembered but it's still very meh. The initial mouthfeel is seriously injured by over-woodiness : to think that's it's already something to fear at such young age ! Well, it's probably an improvement on the regular 12 anyway, and I couldn't say it's bad value for money.

Nose

86 86

Fairly neutral to begin with, rather malty, on brioche. Panettone, a few raisins. A slight red fruit twist arrives : 4-fruits jam. Good ! Fresh tobacco, Swedish bread. This last note becomes dominant, with this virile, dark cereal-y character. Not bad I must say. Later on there are even some nice and dense espresso notes. Better nose than I remembered.

Taste

80 80

Way too much moldy wood on the arrival I'm afraid, and the alcohol integration could be better. There's really a lot of wood dust upon arrival ... Fortunately, it seems transient, getting replaced by some hazelnuts and milk chocolate. A slight grape-y feeling as well. The nose was better though. I must say the texture is nice however, as expected from the NCF status.

Finish

82 82

Butter and hazelnuts. Wood dust. Short.
Marko_I did not rate this whisky
17 Jul 2019 6:15 am

Happy to tasty. Significantly crosser, crisper, than the cozy 10 or 12 Sherry standard (but I think I'm probably a pseudo-expert only because non-chillfiltered draufsteht ;-)), I would say there were quite a few fresh Bourbon barrels with at least At work, he also reminds me a little bit of various virgin oak bottlings from other distilleries, which luckily you can enjoy lately. I mean: I like it! And price fits.
anonymerlemur scored this whisky 84 points
03 May 2019 6:31 pm
Overall, very full-bodied taste with neat malt and light chocolate notes. Rather undiluted recommended because the full-bodied is lost.

Nose

82 82

Light oak notes and reminds of strawberry yoghurt.

Taste

86 86

Full-bodied, malty and sweet. The alcohol content pinches a little and spice up the entire mouthfeel.

Finish

84 84

Long lasting and dominated by not very intense dark chocolate. Slightly medically after some time.
Tano77 scored this whisky 83 points
03 Mar 2019 8:14 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

84 84

Finish

82 82

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