The Arran Malt – Amarone Cask Finish (NAS)

 ABV:   50 %

Island – Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde

Price:  £44.75

 

Source: Loch ne Davie

Production:    1.5m litres pa

Distillery only founded in 1995

Only distillery on Arran (used to be ~50 illegal distilleries)

Master Distiller James Magtaggart

Patron of the Robbie Burns Federation and have produced a Robert Burns Single Malt – only distillery to be able to use his image and signature

 

Whisky

Matured in ex-Burbon casks and finished off for two years in ex-Amerone wine casks

Colour:

Burnished copper

Nose:

Poached pears, touch of cranberry and honey

Palate:

Strength! Sweetness, Honey, Pears, Chocolate, Turkish Delight, Cherries, Dark chocolate

With water:

Sweetly diluted; warming