Arran 1996 Private Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Arran |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
노즈는 1996 빈티지 아란의 셰리 버트 영향으로 잘 익은 자두와 약초 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 17년 숙성에서 발전한 가죽과 향신료 노트가 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿에서는 진한 무화과와 다크 베리, 그을린 견과가 균형을 이루고 55.7도 도수가 묵직한 질감을 만든다. 피니시는 잘 익은 가죽과 옅은 박하 잔향으로 깊게 머문다. 아일랜드 프라이빗 캐스크답게 셰리 캐릭터의 구조감이 단단하게 잡혀 있다.
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’