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Arran Sherry Cask The Bodega

Scotch Single Malt Islands
Age
No age statement
ABV
55.8%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Arran Sherry Cask The Bodega

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep mahogany-amber with rich sherry tones; full body. Natural colour from extended sherry cask maturation creates striking depth
Nose
Powerfully sherried — black tea, prunes, mint gum, milk chocolate. Dulce de leche, dark berry jam, dried rose petals, talc, toffee, sweet spice and fruit
Palate
Thick raisin, fig, candied ginger, orange peel, Concord grape jelly, rose oil, cocoa and peppery spice. Bittersweet, massive and spicy with menthol, dark chocolate, caramel and dark dried fruits
Finish
Medium to long, well-rounded, fading slowly with milk chocolate, tannic wood, cloves, persistent white pepper, dried ginger, chocolate and burnt citrus

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • First-fill Oloroso sherry hogsheads (approx 7 years maturation)

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