Product description
Aberlour Distillery is an investment by James Fleming from 1879. Since 1974 it has belonged to Pernod Ricard (it was the first Scottish distillery taken over by the French group).
The plant is equipped with two pairs of stills and can produce 3.8 million liters of distillate per year. Aberlour has been recording significant growth in sales, currently 4 million bottles per year, which gives it sixth place in the statistics of the best-selling single malts. Aberlour 12 years old has been in the basic offer since at least the late 1960s, the Double Cask Matured version presented here is made from distillates aged in bourbon and sherry casks.
Color : amber
Nose : mild, caramel, vanilla honey, ripe apples and pears, dried plums, walnuts, traces of toasted oak and leather
Taste: delicate notes of sherry, milk chocolate, vanilla, caramel, raisins, orange peel, a touch of cinnamon and cloves
Finish: medium long, warming, with notes of vanilla, caramel, cocoa, grapefruit, a pinch of pepper and oak