55.6% alc./vol.
Arran Distillery, Lochranza, Isle of Arran, Scotland
We are spoiling this afternoon with a whiskey from another era, bottled exclusively for the SAQ, a Arran of 13 years of age, distilled 28 May 2001 and bottled 8 July 2014 of sherry cask # 2001 / 95. I had the 112 342 bottle.
What is unfortunate is that this traffic jam is exhausted. What is even more unfortunate is that I still talk about it. What do you want, I must finally publish all my tastings, so late is it ...
By cons, good news, you can probably find a glass of these whiskeys disappeared in good whiskey bars of the Quebec City region such as the Nelligan's or Crazy Aelies… More recently, Clover, in Limoilou, also offers a beautiful card of drams ...
As the French novelist, biographer, storyteller and essayist so aptly put it, Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, better known by the pseudonym André Maurois (1885-1967) said so well:
The delay is the politeness of the artists ...
Orange red and coppery once again full of promise.
Nose:
Inflated with multiple facets, rich caramel, toffee, dulce de leche. Grapes, prunes and nutmeg. Sherry someone? Tobacco pipe.
Taste:
Astringent spices of sherry, still unctuous caramel, red fruits bursting with juice, raisins, dates, red and black licorice. Really delicious, with an alcohol level that enhances beautifully.
Finish:
All the right notes of a sherry cask are hit, I repeat myself again. Long and dry finish on the classic accents of oak board infused with sherry.
Balance:
Excellent traffic jam, but the question arises, is it too expensive? Its exclusivity at the SAQ does not change anything, but its cask strength rate can certainly be worth a few dollars.
Note: ★ ★ ★ ★★
