Aberlour 16 Year Old Double Cask Matured

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Aberlour's 16 Year Old, marrying whisky from sherry butts and first-fill bourbon casks. Cherry-like fruit, spice and a dark-chocolate finish give it more depth than the 12.

Details

Brand	Aberlour
Distillery	Aberlour
Origin	Scotland / Speyside
Style	Single Malt
Age	16 yrs
ABV	40%
Cask	Bourbon and sherry casks

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Maraschino cherry, floral spice and oak.
Palate: Red and dried fruit sweetness, cinnamon and clove spice and deep oak.
Finish: A long, warm finish recalling dark chocolate.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
With water
On the rocks

Neat lets you taste how the sherry fruit and bourbon-cask sweetness overlap. A few drops of water lift the aromas. At 40% it is soft on the palate and also good on the rocks.

Food pairing

Chocolate, dried fruit, and roast duck or pork.

Background & production

A single malt from the distillery founded in 1879 in the Speyside village of Aberlour. It now belongs to Chivas Brothers, part of Pernod Ricard, and is also known for its sherry-matured A'bunadh.

'Double Cask' means combining spirit matured in traditional oak sherry casks with spirit from first-fill bourbon casks — the same idea as the 12 Year Old, using older whisky.

The 16 Year Old is bottled at 40% ABV.