Product Description

The first release in Arran's Smugglers' Series which celebrates the illicit distillation on the island in the 18th and 19th centuries. Made with a combination of unpeated, medium-peated and heavily peated malt and bottled at cask strength, this is rich, fruity and smoky.

Style

3

Body
3

Richness
2

Smoke
2

Sweetness

Character

Smoke
Grape
White Pepper
Salt (powder)
Apricot
Ginger

Product Facts

Bottler

Distillery Bottling
Bottling Date

2015
No of Bottles

8700
Country

Scotland
Region

Island
Colouring

No

Arran Illicit Stills Smugglers Series Vol. I

Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling

70cl / 56.4%

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Tasting Notes

Producer's Tasting Notes
- Colour
  
  Rusting iron barrel chime rings.
- Nose
  
  Subtle peat reek rising from a distant fire hints at a robust character to come. Floral notes bring elegance, sweetness is shown in the form of fresh madeira cake with a maritime oiliness promising a rich mouthfeel.
- Palate
  
  Juicy plums, spiced with white pepper. Wood smoke of freshly sawn pine. The palate develops with gripping tannin as white grapes begin to show. Pink wafer biscuits and a blast of spicy ginger appear before the finish.
- Finish
  
  The flavour of dried apricots fades before salty, maritime notes take over – the dying embers of smugglers’ signal fires on windswept beaches. An Arran dram of true unbridled character, reminiscent of the illicit makes which gave rise to the illustrious reputation of 'the Arran water'.