Aberfeldy 10 Years Old 2013 Small Batch Edition #10 (Signatory)

Distilled at Aberfeldy in 2013 and matured 10 years in Oloroso sherry casks, bottled by Signatory Vintage in 2024 at 48.2% as release number 10 in the Small Batch Edition series for the European specialist trade. The Small Batch Edition runs as a numbered annual programme of multi cask vattings, sitting between the cask strength Horsemen & Archangels line and the standard Vintage Collection in terms of strength and presentation.

Long fermentation Aberfeldy wash from the four still configuration, distilled in 2013 under John Dewar & Sons (Bacardi) ownership. Aged 10 years in Oloroso sherry casks at Signatory's warehouses, vatted for the Small Batch Edition release format. Bottled at 48.2% with reduced chill filtering and no caramel adjustment, at the Small Batch Edition house specification.

Oloroso sherry casks at 10 years produce a developing but not yet fully resolved sherry signature: melanoidins from prior sherry reduction contribute walnut and dried fig, ellagitannins and gallic acid from European oak supply the tannin frame, and oxidative acetals develop baked apple notes. Aberfeldy's house esters (ethyl laurate, ethyl myristate, heavier alcohols) hold the heather honey base underneath, with the 48.2% bottling allowing the sherry frame to lead on the palate without driving the ester volatility off the nose.