Aberlour 2010 Double Cask Matured
June 2025

Aberlour 2010 Double Cask Matured

This multi-award winning, first-ever exclusive from Aberlour was Created Exclusively for The Whisky Club by Master Distiller, Graeme Cruickshank. With a blind-tasting score of 99/100 and a Double Gold medal at 2024’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition, it’s in an elite category of whiskies, alongside the likes of Talisker 45 Year Old ($10,000) and Tomatin 45 Year Old ($16,750).

United Kingdom

Colour Golden amber

Nose Fruity with notes of fresh red apples, juicy plum and white peach

Palate Rich and fruity, with notes of wild strawberries, orange zest, vanilla and soft caramel, followed by a subtle hint of toasted oak

Finish Long-lasting creaminess with sweet vanilla and delicate oak spice

Food Match Homemade shepherd's pie with a side serving of greens and Walker's shortbread for dessert

Overview

“Tell your Members to keep their socks off, because if they don’t they’ll be blown off anyway.”

Aberlour Master Distiller, Graeme Cruickshank

The last of the world’s remaining stock of this whisky has been reserved exclusively for our inaugural Kiwi Members. If you haven’t yet, be sure to join free now to secure your bottle.

Created Exclusively for The Whisky Club, Aberlour 2010 Double Cask Matured achieved a near perfect blind-tasting score of 99/100 and a Double Gold medal at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, putting it in an elite single malt category alongside other Double Gold winners including Talisker 45 Year Old (RRP $10,000) and Tomatin 45 Year Old (RRP $16,750).

As a bespoke vatting of American Oak and Sherry casks, this is Aberlour’s first-ever vintage release of their flagship multi-gold winning Double Cask range, elevated to 48% ABV (from the standard 40%), non-chill filtered and with all natural colour, specially for Club Members.

What makes this whisky really special is that this is the first time in Aberlour’s 146 year history that they have ever created a one-off, limited batch release for anyone.

As Aberlour’s Master Distiller Graeme Cruickshank puts it, “It’s almost like getting into Aberlour’s warehouse and trying cask samples.

"I’ve been at Aberlour since 2002, and we’ve never created anything like this for anyone before. This a real exclusive for The Whisky Club.

This is a standout for me. This really is the epitome of a Speyside single malt.

It’s got everything we know about Aberlour – those rich, fruity Speyside red apples, juicy plums, orange zest, and the sweet and spicy finish from the Sherry influence and the double cask.

That lingering, sweet, spicy finish is just sublime. Words just can’t describe it. It just takes you to heaven.”

So there you have it: a heavenly whisky is shipping to our inaugural NZ Members this June. Join the Club free now to ensure you get your hands on a bottle before they’re gone for good.

THE SPECS

Price: $135.00

Age: 13 Years Old

ABV: 48%

Maturation: Double Cask – American oak and Spanish Sherry Butts

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Aberlour's History

Nestled in the heart of Speyside and surrounded by water lies the picturesque village of Aberlour, home to the legendary distillery of the same name. The village is an historical place, and in the ancient past the valley was home to a druid community who placed high value on the oak trees and water sources in the area.

The druids were of the belief they could hear the water spirits talking to each other, and so the village was named Aberlour, which is Gaelic for “mouth of the chattering burn”. The Lour Burn runs alongside the village, the Birkenbush Springs above supply crystal clear waters, drained over the pink granite of Ben Rinnes, and of course the village sits on the banks of the mighty River Spey. Sounds like the perfect place to make whisky then… and make whisky they do.

The first Aberlour distillery was founded way back in 1825 by James Gordon and Peter Weir. Weir left just one year after and the distillery continued operation until co-lessees James and John Grant left in 1833 to build Glen Grant down the road in Rothes. Aberlour fell silent and was later destroyed by a fire.

In 1879 however the legend as we know it today was born. James Fleming, a local farmer’s son, had been working as a grain dealer supplying distilleries and had caught the whisky bug. Inspired by the exceptionally pure spring water flowing from St. Drostan’s Well he decided to build a new distillery in Aberlour, and so he did. With the mission to craft a whisky of distinction at Aberlour, James designed the buildings and much of the machinery himself, and within a year he was capable of producing some 7,273 litres per week.

The distillery flourished, becoming the backbone of the village and James a bit of a local legend. Living by the mantra of ‘let the deed show’, a creed that showed through not only in the whisky, but in how he gave back to the town and the people around him, James built the local hospital and the town hall, and in his will left money to construct the ‘Penny Brig’, a suspension bridge built for villagers to cross the River Spey safely after a young boy’s life was taken by the waters.

To this day, Aberlour let their actions speak louder than their words, as they continue to ‘let the deed show’ in both their whisky and their community. Every year in February the team pours a bottle of 12 Year Old into the Spey to mark the beginning of the salmon fishing season, an important ritual encouraging the fish to bite, and especially important to the locals who retain unique rights to fish in the famous river.

Nearing the end of his days, James sold the distillery to Robert Thorne & Sons in 1892 and he passed away not long after in 1895. Fire struck again in 1898 when an explosion in the mill room destroyed a large part of the distillery. All was not lost because the setback presented an excellent opportunity to modernise the distillery, and Scotland’s leading distillery designer, Charles Doig of Elgin was promptly enlisted to bring everything back up to speed again.

Aberlour was sold to W.H. Holt & Sons in 1921, then became part of Campbell Distillers in 1945. The distillery powered through the mid-century and eventually was expanded to 4 stills and modernised again in 1973 to cope with the ever-increasing demand from Dewar’s, of which Aberlour is a key ingredient. Knowing a good thing when they see it, Pernod Ricard snapped up Aberlour in 1974 and it remains part of their whisky division, Chivas Brothers, to this day.

In 2002 Aberlour opened its visitors’ centre, which was one of the first to offer guests a ‘bottle your own’ experience.

The soft water of the Ben Rinnes, locally grown barley (all from within 15 miles of the distillery), and unusually broad based and high-necked stills combine to produce a medium-weight new-make. With malt, fruit and distinctive blackcurrant characteristics, it gains weight and a delicious toffee-like sweetness under maturation - more than enough to stand up to the heaviest Sherry cask maturation that can be thrown at it.

Aberlour has long specialised in Sherry cask maturation, with Master Distiller Graeme Cruickshank personally selecting casks from Jerez in Spain, however they also mature a considerable amount of spirit in American oak. Over the years the distillery’s gained a serious cult following alongside the two other Sherry houses, Glenfarclas and Glendronach, particularly for the legendary A’bunadh. 

Aberlour now enjoyes a range of rewardingly complex double cask matured 12, 14, 16, and 18 Year Olds, as well as the batch released Casg Annamh and A'bunadh.

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Distillery Facts

Region: Speyside

Origin: Aberlour Distillery, Aberlour, Banffshire, AB38 9PJ, Scotland

Founded: 1879

Water Source: Birkenbeck Spring

Washbacks: 6, Stainless Steel

Stills: 2 wash and 2 spirit

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