Aberlour A’Bunadh Alba 57.1% Batch 001 Bourbon Oak Barrel Aged Nose: rich, sweet and pretty...almost perfumey without being annoyingly so. Vanilla bean, sour mash grain, Camellia flower, tart and overly ripe apples in an orchard in fall, lemon cream frosting, sweet tobacco leaf, raspberry flower honey, orange creamsicle. Mineral. Palate: immediate oily dense blast of sweet flavors. Honey, vanilla, chewing tobacco, honeysuckle, apple butter. Mid palate explodes in peppery barrel spice. Ginger, clove, cracked pepper medley, sour apple. Finish: astringent turning slightly creamy. pepper, mineral, over-ripe apples in cream.