Arran 1998 Single Cask

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Arran
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1998
Bottled Year	2014
Age	-
Cask Type	Sherry Cask
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	52.3%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islands

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Oaky

Vanilla

Spicy

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Herbal

Nutty

Citrus

Chocolate

Floral

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold

air Nose

punchy, clean, much more waxy and flinty than the 1996. Goes on with notes of cut green apple and even kiwi but there’s a little rubber again (picked blind twice, in both malts). Struck matches. With water: more lemon now, almost as much as in the 1996. Grassier than when neat but more polished as well

restaurant Palate

very punchy but rounder and creamier than the 1996, with much more vanilla, probably from the bourbon cask. Notes of kirsch and plum spirit. Needs water. With water: more kirsch and more lemon again but also a slightly strange bitterness (peach tree leaves?) Raw fresh oak?

timer Finish

longer, almost as zesty as the 1996 but a tad metallic this time. Also vanilla custard

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