Arran 1996 Experimental

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Arran
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1996
Bottled Year	2011
Age	15년
Cask Type	Hogshead
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	55.8%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islands

Flavor Profile

Fruity

Oaky

Vanilla

Honey

Creamy

Citrus

Sweet

Dried Fruit

Floral

Nutty

Herbal

Chocolate

Spicy

Maritime

Smoky

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

rather powerful, mostly waxy and vegetal/grassy at first nosing. Nice development on linseed oil and candle wax, rather big notes of shoe polish, walnut skin, paraffin and fresh almonds. Very nice profile, very straight. Very little fruitiness, that is. Gets more floral (roses). With a little water: it became more complex, very nicely ‘wild’, with whiffs of ‘forest after the rain’, mushrooms... Then something maritime (clams?), kelp... Maybe not exactly impressive but rather complex and perfectly balanced. I like this nose

restaurant Palate

sweet and ‘direct’, maybe a little simple now. Apple juice, pear juice and orange squash plus vanilla fudge and a little nutmeg and white pepper. With water: it got more complex, spicier, wider, more assertive... Very nice spices, cinnamon, paprika, soft curry... All that on top of orange marmalade and quince jelly. Excellent

timer Finish

long, balanced, candied, jammy but never ‘thick’

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