Distillery | Arran |
Bottler | OB |
Serie | The Explorer Series |
Bottled for | X |
Distilled date | Not Specified |
Bottling date | 2019 |
Country | Scotland |
Region | Arran |
Age | 21 |
Cask Type | Ex-Sherry Hogsheads Amontillado Sherry Finish |
Cask Number | X |
Alcohol % | 47.2% |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
Nose: good, fairly dry and spicy nose which shows caraway seeds, eucalyptus and ginger. Also a little damp earth, dusty cellar and sandalwood. Light vanilla and almonds in the background. Mouth: apples, hints of pineapple and raisins, but still mostly on oak spice (ginger, cinnamon, all-spice) with a herbaceous edge. Plain malty notes, a little salted caramel and marmalade bitterness. Finish: quite long, on herbal tea, a little tobacco and wood spice.
Really good, autumnal whisky, with a lot of wood character (fine now but at this rate I’m not particularly looking forward to a 30 year-old). It was popular with collectors