Officially launched in 2006, this 10 year old lies at the heart of the Isle of Arran range and exudes all the honeyed richness we have come to associate with the island distillery.
Herbal, biscuity, hedgerow greenness and dried grass, like a long English summer's afternoon.
Sweet. Quite malty, digestive biscuits, followed by green fruits and Cox's apple peel.
Slightly bitter, maltiness.
Usually take my whisky straight, tried this one with a drop of water as advised in a review. Excellent advice.
Well, this whisky took me right back. Initially the nose - a proper old fashioned type of dram. It reminded me of Imperial which I haven't been able to afford for many a year. The merest hint of water opens it out, and as my wife said 'this is quite complex' (she takes it neat...). I'm not sophisticated enough to go into raptures of what flavours are similar to it. To me, it is a whisky that echoes a bygone era. It is how whisky used to be. A time traveller's dram.
A great whisky at a great price.
Very interesting and complex for 10 yr old and price range. Tasty... citrus, vanilla nutty, cinnamon... wasn't too keen on 14yr old, but I like this natural, non chill filtered, 46% dram. Yummy!
There are better whisky's out there (of course), but I can't think of a better one for the money — a superb 'standard' expression from a distillery that produces outstandingly good stuff. It's the kind of whisky you want to keep a secret because the price will inevitably start going up... >pause< Please forget you read this. Move along. Nothing to see here.
