Oban Distillers Edition

“The founders of Oban dis­tillery were entre­pre­neurs who imported and exported goods for which they could sense a demand. They would have approved of the Span­ish influ­ence brought to bear in this sec­ondary cask fin­ish. Deep gold in appear­ance. Sweeter than usual on the palate, rich fruit fla­vors are nonethe­less com­ple­mented by a typ­i­cal briny char­ac­ter. The fin­ish is long with the influ­ence of Mon­tilla Fino cask-wood.” — Malts.com

Tast­ing notes

Nose
Fra­grant. Edi­ble sea­weed, sweet­ish, restrained fruit. Aroma of white, uncut peaches.

Palate
Smooth, scenty. Devel­op­ing notes of tobacco.

Fin­ish
Sit­ting in a leather arm­chair, read­ing Mase­field, before a log fire, lis­ten­ing to the tide with a whiff of brine under the weather-warped door.

Com­ment
Demon­stra­bly an evoca­tive whisky. Salty and winey, but nei­ther as overt as in the com­pa­ra­ble Glen­morangie Fino.

–Michael Jack­son