Aberlour Casg Annamh Small Batch Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Casg Annamh — Gaelic for rare cask — is Aberlour's small-batch Speyside malt from three cask types at 48% ABV, non-chill-filtered, the step between the 12 Year and the cask-strength A'bunadh. James Fleming founded Aberlour in 1879 on the banks of the Spey; Pernod Ricard owns it, and the house style is sherry — Casg Annamh, launched 2018, is matured in European oak Oloroso sherry casks and two kinds of American oak, ex-bourbon and ex-sherry, then bottled in numbered batches at 48% without chill filtration. Single Malt Savvy, 85 points: candied ginger, plum, oak, ripe melon, orange, and cereal on the nose; stewed fruit, clove, pepper, cherry, vanilla, honey, and malt on the palate; and a medium finish of spice, vanilla, maple syrup, sherry, and drying oak. Expect the Aberlour sherry signature at a proof that shows it — stewed fruit and spice with the American oak adding vanilla and honey — in a lighter frame than A'bunadh. Honest note: reviewers say A'bunadh is worth the step up, and it is; what Casg Annamh is, is Aberlour's sherried style at 48% for the price of a 12 Year — for the sherry-curious, the Highball, and the drinker who finds cask strength too much. Neat or with a drop of water. Casg Annamh, the rare cask.

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