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91Excellent

Aberlour 25 Year Old

Scotch Aberlour
  • Distiller

    Aberlour

  • Bottler

    Aberlour

  • ABV

    50.8%

  • Age

    25 Years

  • Price $200+

First released in September 2026, Aberlour 25 Year Old is an annual release and a permanent addition to the Speyside distillery's range. It is made from a small number of ex-bourbon and ex-Oloroso sherry casks, and built on Aberlour's double cask maturation. It is non-chill filtered and bottled at cask strength — 50.8% ABV in this first release — so the ABV will vary by batch. The release is limited to a few hundred bottles worldwide and is priced at €650 ($725). It is available at select retailers worldwide, but not in the United States. Aberlour was founded in 1879 and is owned by Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky arm of Pernod Ricard.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 91
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • Significantly oakier than its 21-year-old counterpart, Aberlour 25 Year Old is a very good, well rounded whisky, but it leans so heavily into oak that it lacks the balance of younger Aberlour whiskies.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    The nose is very bready with layers of fruit: toasted French bread, meringue, baked peaches, pie crust.

  • Taste:

    Plenty of oak is joined by orange sherbet, raisins, honey, tobacco, white pepper, gingersnaps.

  • Finish:

    The finish opens quite fruit-forward, with orange peel, papaya and apricot. That fruity profile fades into a more tannic profile of leather and espresso.

  • Overall:

    Significantly oakier than its 21-year-old counterpart, Aberlour 25 Year Old is a very good, well rounded whisky, but it leans so heavily into oak that it lacks the balance of younger Aberlour whiskies.

  • Score:

    91

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources