Isle of Arran 1998/2018 Caora N°5

 

Style	Single Malt Scotch
Country	Scotland
Region	Highland
Distillery	Isle of Arran
Bottler	Caora
Distillation Date	July 1998
Bottling Date	July 2018
Age	20 years
Maturation	Sherry Hogshead
Cask	849
Alcohol	56.3%vol
Volume	50cl
Outturn	120 Bottles

 

Isle of Arran 20 yo 1998/2018 (51.4%, Caora, sherry hogshead, Caora N°5, cask #849, 120 bottles) 
Colour: gold. Nose: entirely on candy sugar, manuka honey, maple syrup, and 'just slightly burnt' cakes. There's nothing here to dismiss. With water: brilliant, maple syrup, from a small farm, Quebec, organic and all that. I know some who make pancakes in the morning just as an excuse to have maple syrup (guilty as charged). Mouth (neat): it's pure maple syrup, really! That's great because at WF we love maple syrup, especially on foie gras—there, a suggestion. With water: has this ex-sherry Arran been finished in a maple syrup cask? Come on, it's just us here, tell us the truth... Finish: I can sense a Quebecois accent coming through... Comments: it's true, you have to be fond of maple syrup, tabernak.
87 points.

 

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