Every year we release an expression of Aberfeldy finished in a different red wine cask. Each cask adds different fruit and oak flavours to our delicate spirit. One of last year’s offerings was a 15-year-old Aberfeldy finished in Cabernet Sauvignon wine casks from Napa Valley. Three years older, this year’s release of Aberfeldy 18 Years Old has been finished in the same type of cask, and for a longer period than the previous bottling.
Aberfeldy 18 Year Old Limited Edition is first matured in a combination of refill casks, and then finished in ex-Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Barriques, sourced from the world-famous Napa Valley, California’s best known wine-producing region.
Once this stock is gone, it won't be bottled again so don't miss out!
Volume: 70cl, Abv: 43%
Tasting note from Stephanie Macleod our Malt Master:
Compared to the 15 year old, this whisky shows a deepening of the red berry aromas. There’s green apple and Aberfeldy’s signature honey floral notes. Being older and having spent longer in the wine cask, it’s richer and more decadent, more syrupy versus jammy, and has a softening of the spice notes – the tannin notes, which come across as cinnamon in the 15, dissipate leaving a velvety and more mellow dram.
