Isle of Arran 1998/2018 Caora N°5
Style Single Malt Scotch Country Scotland Region Highland Distillery Isle of Arran Bottler Caora Distillation Date July 1998 Bottling Date July 2018 Age 20 years Maturation Sherry Hogshead Cask 849 Alcohol 56.3%vol Volume 50cl Outturn 120 Bottles Isle of Arran 20 yo 1998/2018 (51.4%, Caora, sherry hogshead, Caora N°5, cask #849, 120 bottles)
Colour: gold. Nose: entirely on candy sugar, manuka honey, maple syrup, and 'just slightly burnt' cakes. There's nothing here to dismiss. With water: brilliant, maple syrup, from a small farm, Quebec, organic and all that. I know some who make pancakes in the morning just as an excuse to have maple syrup (guilty as charged). Mouth (neat): it's pure maple syrup, really! That's great because at WF we love maple syrup, especially on foie gras—there, a suggestion. With water: has this ex-sherry Arran been finished in a maple syrup cask? Come on, it's just us here, tell us the truth... Finish: I can sense a Quebecois accent coming through... Comments: it's true, you have to be fond of maple syrup, tabernak.
87 points.