Arran 1996 KWM Cask 1649

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One of two 20 year old single casks selected by and bottled exclusively for KWM. Bottled at 50.8% this is the more sherried of the two casks. Distilled 28/10/1996 the whisky was bottled on 05/04/2017. Amazing value for a 20 year old single cask, cask strength distillery bottling!

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: jujubes, melon, Seville orange and soft polished leather; bread and butter pudding with a side of Christmas cake; very jammy: raspberry, strawberry, plums and figs; infused dark chocolate, toasted oak and honey; darker than cask 964, but far from over the top.

Palate: round, fruity, citric and honeyed(it is after-all still an Arran) with lovely decadent spices, dark sugars and more soft polished leather; the fruit and spice infused dark chocolate is still there with more jammy tones (mixed berry and fig being the most prominent); the oak notes are soft, silky and balanced.

Finish: long, coating and decadent with loads of fruit, honey, chocolate and gentle oak spices.

Comment: like the sister cask, 1649 is also fresh, silky; layered; darker in profile it is a more traditional sherry matured whisky; darker, spicier and more decadent but still complex.

700 ml