Aberlour 16 Year Old

Aberlour

A Speyside classic built on two kinds of cask. Aberlour 16 is double cask matured, with part of the whisky aged in traditional American oak and part in Spanish oak sherry butts, before the two are married together.<br> <br> The American oak brings vanilla and soft fruit; the sherry wood adds raisins, plum and spice. Sixteen years of patience gives it a rich, rounded depth that punches well above its price.<br> <br> Who it's for: Sherried-whisky fans, and anyone stepping up from the Aberlour 12.<br> <br> How to enjoy it: Neat after dinner, perhaps with a square of dark chocolate.