Arran 1996 Premium Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Arran |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 24년 |
| Cask Type | Oloroso Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 돌려 향을 열면 올로로소 호그스헤드가 물들인 짙은 로즈우드빛이 벽을 타고 흐른다. 코끝에 가져가면 아란 특유의 마른 꽃과 말린 오렌지 껍질, 베르가못 위로 축축한 흙내음이 겹쳐 올라온다. 한 모금 머금으면 53.4도가 오크 향신료와 다크 초콜릿, 호두, 감초를 혀 위로 묵직하게 채운다. 삼킨 뒤에는 아란 섬 24년 셰리 숙성다운 가죽과 쌉쌀한 허브의 결이 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
rosewood - a notch darker
air Nose
very similar profile, only here I find some more dried flowers and suggestions of pot pourri, also things like Cheng Pi (Chinese aged orange peels), bergamot, canvass and a firmer earthiness that would incorporate hessian and wine cellar mulch. Also excellent and to my nose also a sherry cask if you ask me. With water: becomes nicely mossy, mulchy, leafy, wet bracken, tobacco pouches, walnuts and fruit loaf
restaurant Palate
good attack, lots of firm but clean oak spices, dark chocolate, walnuts, aniseed, cough mixtures, herbal extracts, this impression once again of mixed cocktail bitters with various manifestations of cherry going on. Pu erh tea, liquorice and dark fruit chutneys. With water: the spices and bitter chocolate tones are elevated, more bitter herbal extracts, more walnuts and more dry earthiness
timer Finish
long, slightly gamey, leathery, bitter herbs, chocolate, herbal cough mixtures. Excellent!