The Arran Malt / 4 Years Old

The Arran Malt

4 Years Old

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 5

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Specifications

Brand: The Arran Malt
Expression: 4 Years Old
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: 4 years old
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland / Islands (Non Islay)
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Creamy, flowery. Very faint fresh peat-smoke.
Palate: Clean and dryish and nutty at first. Then creamy and toffeeish, with hints of banana.
Finish: Surprisingly powerful sweet lime flavour. Flowery. Developing light dryness.
Comment: A lovely whisky for one so young. What will it be like at two or three times this age?

7.5

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: A trace of sulphur makes for a discordant opening, but there is a big malt character, clean and sweet, which makes amends.
Palate: Again, immediately malt-sweet and intense with soft, chewy cream toffee depth. A little grapey fruitiness also in evidence.
Finish: Very long; malty with delicate spice. Excellent sweet/dry balance.
Comment: Quite exceptional for its age and pretty complex too. But loses marks for the poor nose.

7.5

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Isle of Arran Distillery, Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Islands (Non Islay), Scotland

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