Arran 1998 10 Year Old 250th Anniversary Robert Burns

Arran 10 Year Old 2004 Private Cask Whisky Festival Gent

For the 2015 whisky festival in Ghent a single cask of Arran was bottled. The cask was filled on 20th September 2004 (and obviously not 2014 as mistakenly printed on the label) and bottled on 6th November 2014. It is a single sherry hogshead with number 2004/13. It is a fairly sweet, dark nose. The first thing that comes to mind is brown sugar....

Score 82/100

Arran 2005 Champagne Grand Cru

An Arran that was finished on a champagne cask, now that is quite original, no? I do not know of any other thus finished whisky (bar the Guillon from France). The nose is very sweet on maple syrup, sweet malt and Ricola herb candy; then it evolves towards lemon grass and roasted nuts. Just a tad spirity. Adding water offers up more grain, but...

Score 80/100

Arran 14 Year Old

Nicely presented and quite stylish packaging if not exactly eye-catching. The dram is a pleasant golden colour in a glen cairn glass. Lots of vanilla (maybe a bit too much) on the nose, accompanied by hints of cinnamon, lavender, apricots and sultanas. Very pleasantly weighted in the mouth, medium bodied and a touch oily, smooth, but with a bit of...

Score 89/100

Arran 16 Year Old 1996 Private Cask for Jan Vissers

This Private Cask bottling from Isle of Arran for Jan Vissers, the owner of the Single Malt Whisky Shop in Belgium, was released for his 35th birthday. He is, after all, the proud ambassador for Arran. The cask was selected by the distillery manager, James McTaggart, in person. The nose is very expressive with sherry as the leitmotif: plums,...

Score 90/100