{"product_id":"aberfeldy-16-year-old-unravel-single-sherry-cask-found-aidan-moffat-collaboration-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2012-70cl","title":"Aberfeldy 16 Year Old 1996 #Unravel Single Sherry Cask FOUND \u0026 Aidan Moffat Collaboration Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2012) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAberfeldy 16 Year Old 1996 #Unravel Single Sherry Cask FOUND \u0026amp; Aidan Moffat Collaboration Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2012) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 204 bottles produced from a single sherry hogshead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"smart-tabs-wrapper Rte app-embed\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"smart-tabs-content-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"link-id0\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"smart-tabs-content-0\" class=\"smart-tabs-content-block smart-tabs-content-block-active\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis single cask by Aberfeldy was selected to 'savour while listening to unravel, a collaboration by Scottish artists FOUND and Aidan Moffat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFactmag.com succinctly explain #UNRAVEL, as \"a collection of devices making up a gallery-based, reactive sound installation, through which the audience attempts to \"unravel the truth\" about the narrator's life by playing records from his collection. The narrator is the redoubtable Aidan Moffat, avowed whiskey fan, raconteur, musician and former vocalist with Arab Strap. The project required Aidan to write 10 short stories with multiple variations of each, to then be soundtracked by a total of 160 new musical compositions by the FOUND collective.\" Who said the malt whisky was staid?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full mt-6 leading-relaxed product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose max-w-full\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose: Caramel, fudge, amontillado sherry, nuts, biscuity oak and buttery chamois leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate: Richly flavoured, honeyed and lightly spicy on a toasty nutty base with muscovado sugar, sherried notes and a light smokiness. \u003cspan\u003eHoney cornflakes with a hint of Brazil nuts, rapeseed oil. Then the spices build, fig pudding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: Long, lightly spiced with lingering honeyed sherry influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Aberfeldy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productView-descriptionWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eOne of the sweetest single malts, Aberfeldy’s characteristic honeyed note is the result of very long fermentation, coupled with slow distillation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003eA thick, almost waxy texture (though not as overt as in DCL days) adds some weight toWhisky Situation the mid-palate, allowing long-term maturation. The bulk of the new make is aged in ex-Bourbon casks, but the occasional Sherried release shows that this is a malt which has guts.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Dewar \u0026amp; Sons was typical of many of the blending firms which were founded in the 19th century. Dewar himself, though born in humble surroundings in a croft at Shenvail, became a wine merchant in Perth and by the middle of the century had started to blend whisky. It was however his sons, John Jr and Thomas (always known as\u003cspan\u003e Tommy), \u003c\/span\u003ewho made the family firm a globally recognised name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, they decided to go into whisky production and built a distillery at Aberfeldy, only two miles from where their father had been born. The site had originally been a brewery and some distillation had taken place in the early part of the century. Fed by the Pitilie Burn [where gold is still panned] Aberfeldy became the malt at the heart of the firm’s blends. A private railway line linked the plant with the firm’s operational hub in Perth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDewar’s joined DCL in 1925 and in 1973 the Aberfeldy site doubled in capacity to its present size. It changed ownership in 1998, when the UK Monopolies Board forced the newly formed Diageo to offload one of its brands and attendant capacity. The\u003cspan\u003e  Dewar's Estate \u003c\/span\u003e[the blends, plus Aberfeldy, Aultmore, Craigellachie and Royal Brackla] were bought for £1.1bn by Bacardi-Martini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new owners invested heavily in a highly impressive educational facility - Dewar’s World of Whisky - which tells the story of the house of Dewar - and blending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn more recent times, Aberfeldy has been sold in small quantities as single malt and in 2014 was repackaged. A new, permanent, five-strong range is to be created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e56.5% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Aberfeldy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54101747859794,"sku":"ABFUNRAVEL","price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Aberfeldy16YearOld1996_UnravelSingleSherryCaskFOUND_AidanMoffatCollaborationHighlandSingleMaltScotchWhisky_2012_70cl.jpg?v=1785081458","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/aberfeldy-16-year-old-unravel-single-sherry-cask-found-aidan-moffat-collaboration-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2012-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}