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
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 왁스와 풀내음이 가장 먼저 드러나고 아마씨유와 촛농, 구두약과 호두 껍질로 곧게 발전한다. 1996년 증류된 이 아란은 화려하기보다 정직하고 균형 잡힌 결이 뚜렷하다. 팰럿은 달콤하고 직선적이며 사과와 배, 바닐라 퍼지에 백후추가 이어지고 물을 더하면 시나몬과 오렌지 마멀레이드로 넓어진다. 피니시는 길고 균형 잡혀 있으며 잼처럼 달지만 무겁지 않다. 왁시하고 야성적인 아란 특유의 복합미가 곧게 뻗는다.
AITasting 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’