58,9°
Distillery : Aberlour - Speyside
Sherry Oloroso Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
The Artist #14 range, launched on the occasion of the Whisky Live Paris 2024, includes this 15-year-old Aberlour aged in Hogshead Sherry. The label features a painting by Victor Ekpuk entitled Found Green. 257 bottles are on sale.
Let's Taste It :
Very intense and heady sherry, dark chocolate, in which someone must have forgotten one or two coffee beans, blueberry jam, blood oranges, exotic fruits such as papaya, watermelon, pomegranate, with black berries and muscat grapes, sultana pudding, redcurrants, candied ginger, apricots and dates. Forest undergrowth. It's silky on the palate, but a little light, with pineapple and mango, crème brûlée, guava. Spices under control. Very long, intense finish, pipe tobacco, blackcurrant, dried bay leaf, heather earth, salted butter caramel, wild strawberry coulis. Shortbread biscuits.
In Short,
A very deep and rich Sherry, like you'd find in any old Aberlour, but this one is still a bit young and lacks a touch of complexity. There's a certain freshness as well, and lots of fruit of all kinds. A great pleasure for fans of the profile, but the price seems very excessive to me.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Betty Fox Band - Slow Burn
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