The Arran Malt Amarone Cask Finish Isle of Arran Single Malt

Description

Finished in Amarone casks. This has a pink hue, from the red wine cask. Complex aromas of red fruit jam, vanilla, spice, citrus and floral tones lead to flavours of apricots, cherry compote, dark chocolate and herb. The palate is elegant with earth and spicy notes on the warm, drying finish. Enjoy with a few drops of water.

Tasting Notes

The buzzing black peppers leave you in no doubt what is to follow. As does the stunning clarity of the grape and crisp, business-like manner of the barley: stirring! and so it is played out on the palate: the grape is juicy and sweet, the barley is firm and forms the perfect skeleton, the spices pop busily around the palate. No great age evident, but the oak also chimes in with a few choice cocoa notes; a shard of bitterness, but nothing which subtracts from the gloss; as cask finishes go, this one is just about perfect. Score - 94.5. (Jim Murray, Whisky Bible, 2014)

Tags

Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Liquor, Scotch Single Malts, Scotch Whisky, Scotland Other, Single Malt Scotch, Spirits, Vintages, Vintages Spirits, Whisky/Whiskey