Everything about Aberlour Single Malt totally explained
Aberlour is a distillery of
single malt Scotch whisky, located on
Aberlour town,
Speyside,
Scotland at the crossing of rivers
Lour and
Spey near Ben Rinnes. The Speyside region is the most prolific whisky producing region in Scotland, accounting for over half of all of Scotland's distilleries. Speyside whiskies are recognized for their "
heather-honeyish" character, which is a product of the unique
malting processes, local climate, and water sources.
Character
Aberlour is particularly influenced by its water source, flowing from
Ben Rinnes, through the local
peat and
granite of the Lour valley and on to the
distillery. It picks up scarce mineral deposits along its journey resulting in a naturally soft water. This water is used in all stages of production, and lends Aberlour its smooth, delicate character.
Bottlings
The whisky comes in a variety of ages including a 10, 12, 15, 16 and a rare 30 year old 1970 vintage malt, as well as a cask strength release (
A'bunadh) with no age statement. Several vintages and independent bottlings are also available. Most of the variants are aged for a time in American ex-
bourbon casks (a standard for most single malt Scotches). Aberlour also releases a range of malts that, after ageing in bourbon casks, are transferred to casks that have been used previously to mature varieties of fortified wines. This process is known as
finishing, and Aberlour offers whisky finished in
sherry and
bourbon. They also produce a line of sherry finishes specifically for the French market.
History
Although its labels read
1879, the Aberlour distillery was first founded in
1826 by James Gordon and Peter Weir. The original distillery, which was destroyed in a fire, was rebuilt in
1879 by James Fleming (
1830-
1895), and this is the date marked on the bottles. In
1898, a second fire consumed several of the distillery buildings and most of the whisky reservoirs, but eventually the site was reconstructed.
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