Arran Sherry Cask - The Bodega
Since autumn 2019 'The Bodega' belongs to the core assortment of the Arran island distillery. For the single malt one selected only barrels of sherry wine cellars (= bodega) in the Spanish Jerez. Then The Bodega was bottled in natural cask strength.
Since autumn 2019 'The Bodega' belongs to the core assortment of the Arran island distillery. For the single malt one selected only barrels of sherry wine cellars (= bodega) in the Spanish Jerez. Then The Bodega was bottled in natural cask strength.
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| 26136 | |
| Arran-Lochranza | |
| Scotland, Islands | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 55.8% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Sherry:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Cherry:
Dried Fruit:
Fig:
Zitrus:
Oak:
Spices:
Orange:
Berries:
Vanilla:
Raisin:
Malt:
Caramel:
Grape:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Date:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Peat Smoke:
Blackberry:
Apple:
Plum:
Tobacco:
Herb:
Herbs:
Maritime Notes:
Mint:
Seaweed:
Almonds:
Hay:
Peach:
Pear:
Black Currant:
Tasting
Sherry:
Sweet:
Spices:
Fruit:
Oak:
Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Dried Fruit:
Fig:
Cherry:
Herb:
Ginger:
Dark Chocolate:
Malt:
Nuts:
Vanilla:
Peat Smoke:
Orange:
Berries:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Plum:
Caramel:
Grape:
Lemon:
Herbs:
Raisin:
Pepper:
Clove:
Oil:
Tropical Fruit:
Strawberry:
Cake:
Maritime Notes:
Chili:
Almonds:
Seaweed:
Hazelnut:
Floral:
Barley:
Heather:
Coffee:
Finish
Sherry:
Oak:
Spices:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Herb:
Dark Chocolate:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Ginger:
Caramel:
Vanilla:
Nuts:
Honey:
Clove:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Date:
Fig:
Orange:
Leather:
Alcohol:
Chili:
Dried Fruit:
Cake:
Peat Smoke:
Mint:
Berries:
Cinnamon:
Grape:
Plum:
Grapefruit:
Nutmeg:
Raisin:
Heather:
Walnut:
Tobacco:
Malt:
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Quality rating of this bottle
4.2
Rate
97
94
Quality comparison of bottles
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Tasting notes of Offinho:
02. Oct 2020
All tasting notes
02. Oct 2020
08. Jun 2020
22. Nov 2021
19. Mar 2021
05. Feb 2020
Nosing: 
Candied Fruit peel, orange pineapple. Mixed dried fruits, raisins. Not as loud and overbearing as a lot of cask strength sherry matured whiskies.
Taste: 
Full bodied, not overly sweet arrival. Lots of orange peel. Spicy oak, oily texture. Ginger develops.
Finish: 
Medium to long, similar flavour profile to the palate, but there's a menthol/mint note that comes through towards the end.
Comment:
I'm a fan of the Arran distillery in general, and this in my opinion is a pretty solid release. There's some good quality casks involved, and it doesn't come across as an overly young release, everything is pretty well integrated with no rawness or particular youthfulness on show. It's priced reasonably, and well presented. Would I pick it up again over a Benriach cask strength? I'm not sure. I think the other NAS releases of Arran are a more compelling option than this.
83/100
Candied Fruit peel, orange pineapple. Mixed dried fruits, raisins. Not as loud and overbearing as a lot of cask strength sherry matured whiskies.
Taste:
Full bodied, not overly sweet arrival. Lots of orange peel. Spicy oak, oily texture. Ginger develops.
Finish:
Medium to long, similar flavour profile to the palate, but there's a menthol/mint note that comes through towards the end.
Comment:
I'm a fan of the Arran distillery in general, and this in my opinion is a pretty solid release. There's some good quality casks involved, and it doesn't come across as an overly young release, everything is pretty well integrated with no rawness or particular youthfulness on show. It's priced reasonably, and well presented. Would I pick it up again over a Benriach cask strength? I'm not sure. I think the other NAS releases of Arran are a more compelling option than this.
83/100
17. Dec 2023
10. Aug 2021
10. Aug 2021
24. Dec 2019
01. Aug 2020
Nosing:
Taste:
Finish:
Taste:
Finish:
