Arran 1996 Bottled 2005

Arran Amarone Cask Finish

The hardest part of this review is deciding the colour. It's not on the slider scale at all but kind of off on a tangent. Pinkish but with orange - weird. I've added the tiniest drop of water to this...... The nose immediately shows chocolate and cocoa powder. Sugared almonds and marzipan follow. Red fruit - cherries and plums. On the palate it is...

Score 86/100

Arran KWM Sherry Single Cask 481

This one is the sherry single cask, and the Kensington Wine Market single cask bottling. Sherry nose. Did I mention the sherry? Spicy and hot first taste. Some very bright acidic flavour and a toasty maltiness.

Score 78/100

Arran SMWS 121.76 Close Shave From a Tipsy Barber

I thank @Nozinan for the reviewed sample. The bottle was opened one year ago, and the sample was tightly packaged 4 1/2 months after the bottle was opened. SMWS 121.76 is 12 years old and bottled at Cask Strength from refill bourbon barrels Nose: this is a surprisingly woody nose, showing some used oak barrel flavours of much above average...

Score 86/100

Arran 14 Year Old

Arran is a relatively new distillery, founded in 1993. Besides its single malts, it also crafts the Robert Burns blends (his birthplace, Alloway, lies across the water), which I've never tried. I believe it is the only distillery on the island (though of course there used to be many more). The 14 Year Old is non chill filtered and of natural...

Score 85/100