Aberfeldy 15-year-old 43% abv

Michael Jackson
"House Style - Firm, oily, cleanly fruity, vigorous, best served in its teens. After dinner or book-at-bedtime".

ABERFELDY 12-year-old, 43 vol, Flora and Fauna

Malt Whisky File: John Lamond & Robin Tucek

Color - Amber with old gold highlights.
Nose - Medium-bodied, medium-dry, gentle and creamy with a slight cherry fruitness and a floral edge.
Palate - Medium-dry, round, quite full-bodied and toffeeyed with a good, tangy cocoa peat character.
Finish - Long, smooth and creamy with a touch of milk chocolate on the tail.

ABERFELDY 15-year-old, 43 vol, Flora and Fauna

Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Color - Amber
Nose - Oil, incense, heather, lightly piny and peaty (especially after water is added).
Body - Medium, very firm.
Palate - Very full flavours. Light peat, barley, fresh, clean touches of Seville orange, rounded.
Finish - Sweetness moves to fruitness, then to firm dryness.

Malt Whisky File: John Lamond & Robin Tucek

Color - Straw amber with gold highlights.
Nose - Quite full and ripe with rich oaky vanilla, a creamy lanolin oiliness with a slight nuttiness.
Flavour - Full, smooth, round and medium-sweet with layers of oak at the back.
Finish - Full, round and rich, smooth and almost luscious.

ABERFELDY 1980 (bottled 1997), 62 vol Cask Strength Limited Bottling

Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Color - Pale gold.
Nose - Restrained, fragrant, pine and heather. Drier.
Body - Medium, smooth, distinctly oily.
Palate - Creamier, nuttier. Hint of orange toffee. Still lively, but two or three years in the cask has brough more tightly combined flavours.
Finish - Nutty, late pine. Leafy, peppery, dryness.

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