Arran 1995 8 Year Old McGibbon's Provenance

Arran Amarone Cask Finish

First vapor: Pumpernickel date bread. Nose: Rubber at first: rubbery cocoa, rubbery walnut oil. A faint sense of a next-day glass of merlot (which can share that rubberiness), and perhaps liquorice root. Otherwise quite light at first. Warming in the hand brings stewed raspberry to this rubbery mix. Palate: Entrance of salty caramel, rubber and...

Score 73/100

Arran 10 Year Old

Bottling note: Officially launched in 2006, this 10 year old is the heart of the Isle of Arran's only distillery. this is the Baseline of the Arran range and exudes all the honeyed richness we have come to associate with the island distillery. A dram, 2 teaspoons of distilled water. Absolutely delicious. Very Sweet. a great starter Scotch for the...

Score 87/100

Arran 14 Year Old

Arran distillery is only 15 years old, so a 14 year old can be seen as a milestone. On the long term, the core range should consist of a 10, 14 and 18 year old. The 14 Year Old was re-racked into fresh bourbon barrels and fresh sherry hogsheads two years ago – two-thirds into American oak and one-third into European oak. They wanted the classic...

Score 84/100

Arran 12 Year Old / Cask Strength / Batch 6

This 12 Year Old Cask Strength appeared in 2016 and seems to be the last of its kind. I did not see such a release in 2017 (nor in 2018, but the year is only halfway after all). Looks like this Batch 6 is the final one. Lovely mix of white orchard fruit, sultanas, marzipan and Reine Claude plums, with a truckload of vanilla. Some salted caramel....

Score 84/100