What they say

This right here is the seventh batch of single malt from the Aberlour distillery to be independently bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company! We’re no none the wiser as to why the chap in the top room of Aberlour’s Mash Tun hotel looks so scared. Will we ever know? It’s a question for the ages… While we ponder it, how about we enjoy some tasty Speyside single malt!?

Batch 7 is a release of 3,421 bottles.

Official tasting notes

• Nose: Vanilla-rich malt with brown sugar and green apple freshness. A hint of cut grass, too.
• Palate: Milk chocolate, sultana and grist. A hint of peaches in syrup underneath.
• Finish: Fresh citrus peels and a hint of almond.

What I say

An independently bottled Aberlour from That Boutique-Y whisky Company. I remember buying Batch 1 a long time ago as it was hard to come by Aberlour bottled independently at the time. This is Batch 7 and like similar recent TBWC batches carries the 9 year age statement and is likely a vatting of a parcel of casks as it produced over 3,000 500ml bottles, from the colour I’m guessing refill Bourbon matured?

The Whiskyphiles tasting notes

• Colour White wine gold (5/20) numerous, medium-fine tears and legs.
• Nose Sweet apples, calvados, apple pie, apple strudel, soft cereals and sugars, grassy hay, some honey and floral apple blossom.
• Taste Soft sugary and fruity, medium-light bodied, honey, apple, coconut, toasted oak and vanilla, malty barley, some pear and lemon citrus too.
• Finish Medium-long, drying oak wood, apples, soft black pepper, slightly vaporous but remains sweet.
• Overall Typical Aberlour, punchy fresh apples and pears, soft cereals and some woody oak, what more could you want?

Score 83/100