50°
Distillery : Isle of Arran - Islands
Ex-Bourbon Barrels and Italian Red Wine Amarone Finish
Original Bottling
Core Range
Single Malt
Launched in 2010
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
The Cask Finish series includes three bottlings in the regular range: Sauternes Cask Finish, Port Cask Finish and Amarone Cask Finish. Three finishes in wine casks, each one a different wine, which have been complemented since 2016 by annual limited editions, also finished in wine casks.
Let's Taste It :
The influence of Italian red wine casks makes this something warm, spicy, fruity, pear and plum. Floral and forest hints, tulip, undergrowth. Nutmeg and cloves. On the palate it's mainly woody, heather earth, oak bark, cinnamon. Prune, muscat grapes, caramel, wine lees. Slight lemon in the background. Very good finish, quite long, and fruity as well as pastry-like. Milk chocolate, cherries in kirsch, orange marmalade. A touch of charcoal at the end. Tannins.
In Short,
No wonder it has been the distillery's success for ten years now, it's a fine blend. Personally, I think it could be better, if it were aged a little longer, and if the influence of the bourbon in the background were not so noticeable. But I'm probably being too picky, it's worth buying one without thinking.
Score : 85
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Aretha Franklin - I Dreamed a Dream
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