Aberlour A'Bunadh Batch 63 61%

Meaning 'the original' in Gaelic, A'bunadh is made in homage to Aberlour's founder, James Fleming. A’bunadh is a whisky hand-made from start to finish with each batch being created to ensure a rich and complex flavour of moist raisin, and homemade fruit cake. It is bottled at cask strength resulting in a robust and deeply intense, Sherried whisky.
Tasting Notes
Color: Orange-tinged light chestnut.
On the nose: Sherried and intense, innit? Sticky toffee pudding. Salted smoked caramel. Chocolate fudge. Hershey’s chocolate syrup. Chocolate-covered cherries. Did I mention chocolate? Oh, here comes pecan pie filling! There’s a hint of freshly-planed pine wood banging around in there as well. A whiff of cask funkiness comes through in the form of a damp seaweed note, though not enough to detract from the overwhelmingly rich gooeyness of this soporific postprandial tidal wave.
In the mouth: This is really quite pert to start, with a note of mandarin orange. Suddenly, a fiery alcoholic heat overwhelms the palate. At midpalate this becomes nearly unendurably hot and fierce before easing into a long finish of Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix. Dilution brings this nearly into line, with dried fruits and cocoa notes punching and counterpunching above a molten sea of alcoholic heat. It’s the distilled equivalent of the scene at the end of Star Wars Episode III when Obi-Wan and Anakin battle it out above the volcanic rivers of Mustafar.
70cl
ABV 61%