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Arran Port Cask Finish Single Malt
Single Malt — Islands, Scotland
Reviewed
July 28, 2019 (edited June 18, 2022)
Nose: Rich oaky sweetness. A gentleman's study where more than a little port has spilled onto the furniture over the years. Leather chairs, tobacco, walnut oil, vanilla, orange, raspberry, black cherry, caramel After the first sip, the palate contributes aromas and the nose reveals fruit compote, sherry, espresso and oak. With time the nose gains a more delicate fragrant note. Wonderful.
Palate: A rich, mildly warm , restrained sweet arrival of impeccable breeding. A little ginger, dried fruits, orange oil, raisins, sultanas, muscatels. Berries of every type, milk chocolate, baked apples with cinnamon. The texture is awesome - just to the softly silken and syrupy side of oily (drool).
Finish: Medium/long. Sweet initially with fruity notes, but sliding gracefully into a demi-sec chocolate and grape finish. Masterful, with a drying late finish.
Another cracking good cask finish from Arran. I don't know what else I can add, it's all in the tasting notes. Very good whisky indeed (tasted from a 30ml sample).
"Very Good" : 86/100 (4 stars)
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@Ctrexman mmmm … indeed 😀 I’ve tasted everything they have produced and only disliked one expression, and I have about 20 bottles of Arran in the long term stash (including this one).
mmmm....Arran