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Aberlour 18 Year Old Double Sherry Cask Finish

Scotch Single Malt Speyside
Age
18 years
ABV
43%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Aberlour 18 Year Old Double Sherry Cask Finish

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep rich amber-mahogany; full and lustrous, viscous slow legs
Nose
Deep and complex — stewed dark fruit, plum jam, fig, dark chocolate, espresso, old leather, and polished wood. Dried rose petals and sandalwood. 18 years of oak integration creates extraordinary depth
Palate
Rich and layered. Dark fruit compote, Christmas cake, sticky toffee pudding, chocolate-dipped orange, leather, tobacco, and gentle oak tannins. The double sherry finish adds PX sweetness that rounds the drier oloroso character. Full body with silky texture
Finish
Very long finish. Dark chocolate, espresso, dried fig, and leather persist. Sherry warmth and gentle oak spice. The PX sweetness provides a final grace note of treacle and raisin. Sophisticated and deeply satisfying

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Double sherry cask finish — bourbon then oloroso and PX sherry casks

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