1/Some bottles are adored by a small circle. Aberlour 14 is the one a whole room gets along with — the dram you can pour for almost anyone and watch them settle in. Let me show you what I mean, because the numbers say it plainly.
2/Aberlour 14 sits among the ten closest bottles for the drinkers of 16 others. The typical bottle manages 9. So where most whiskies are a near-neighbour to a handful, this one keeps turning up close to far more people's favourites.
3/Pour Aberlour 12 Double Cask, Glenfiddich 15 or Glenfarclas 15 and you've already found someone who'd rate Aberlour 14 near the top of their own list. It speaks the same language as all three, which is a rare and easy kind of overlap.
4/In the glass it's rounded and welcoming: jammy peaches, marzipan, vanilla and toffee, with orange cake and honey behind a little polished oak. Sweet and creamy to taste, all oranges and summer berries, then clove, candied ginger and milk chocolate.
5/This week Aberlour 14 is $140 at Dan Murphy's, and it usually sells around $140; across the range we've seen it from $140 to $160. That's about $6.34 a pour at home, roughly 22 to the bottle — a touch over a pint at the pub, which runs about $6.28.
6/So: a yes for the Aberlour 12 Double Cask drinker who wants a little more room, a yes for the Glenfiddich 15 crowd, a yes for the Glenfarclas 15 lot, and a yes for anyone who's yet to try it. Pour it for the room and see who leans in.
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