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 | 49.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 천천히 돌리면 1996년 빈티지의 짙은 호박빛이 잔 안쪽 벽에 두꺼운 흔적을 남기며 흘러내린다. 잔을 코끝에 가져가면 올로로소 호그스헤드가 입힌 건포도와 호두의 향이 가장 먼저 들어온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 24년 숙성과 49.9도가 빚어낸 다크 베리와 가죽이 입천장을 천천히 채운다. 아란 섬 특유의 바다 미네랄이 삼킨 자리에서 짭조름하게 따라 내려간다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
rosewood
air Nose
I too feel confident this is a sherry cask, and an excellent one to boot! Indeed, notes of boot polish (no doubt the power of suggestion hard at work there) and cherry cough syrup, herbal wines, Serge's beloved green walnut liqueur, tomato vines and some rather expensive strawberry jam. I find it a very clean and rather sharp, precise sherry style. Quite excellent!
restaurant Palate
nice arrival, punchy wood spices, cloves, aniseed, freshly made espresso, bitter chocolate, more walnuts - pickled this time - and rather a lot of strong black tea, black pepper and game meats. Getting more leathery with quite a few bitter herbs, ala some long aged Fernet Branca perhaps. Nicely umami as well with quite a bit of miso paste and dried mushrooms. Really excellent drop
timer Finish
good length, long in fact, all on bitter herbs, walnuts and coffee with a dark chocolate once again