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Speyside Acla Selection 43 Year Old, Sherry Cask, 1973, Acla Selection, 52.5%
Speyside

Speyside Acla Selection 43 Year Old, Sherry Cask, 1973, Acla Selection, 52.5%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 47
Average Score
Avg 92
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Description

This Speyside single malt matured from December 1973 to April 2017 for 43 years in total. It is one of only 90 bottles produced at 52.5% ABV for the German Acla Selection. Speyside malts are typically the sweetest of all Scotch Whiskies, with over half of Scotland's distilleries located in this region.

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Cask type
Sherry Cask
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Acla Selection
Peated
Unpeated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
90
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Acla Selection
Historical context
Whisky distilled in 1973 was during the oil crisis, which impacted distilleries and led to the emergence of older, more complex whiskies.
Special release
Limited Edition, German Acla Selection
Allocation
Germany
Nose
Spiced brioche, brown sugar and rich lardy cake. Cinnamon buns and iced Danish pastries with a cherry on the top. Fruit jelly notes develop – lemon, lime and pineapple – with a background of old, wax-polished oak tables. Meatier notes slowly emerge, balanced by sugar flowers, candied lemon and sweet whipped cream.
Palate
Creamily textured, with lightly spiced egg-custard tarts leading into old Chartreuse, spiced sponge cake and butter cream – the herbal notes float around on top, while underneath sit piles of cakes and oaty biscuits. In between are fruity boiled sweets, barley sugar and herbal throat sweets. Tarte tatin notes develop, softly spiced and drenched with butter.
Finish
Apple sauce and buttered toast. Toasted, spiced, fruit loaf develops. Apple sweets and cream remain.
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