Arran 12-year-old

Overall rating: 83.73/100
votes: 130

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Arran
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Cask Strength
Bottled: 09.2014
Stated Age: 12 years old
Casknumber: Batch 4
Number of bottles: 15000
Strength: 53.2 % Vol.
Size: 50 ml 700 ml
Barcode: 5060044482250
Added on: 11 Oct 2014 3:58 pm by Bachess

Average value

€ 62.28

Found 4 online shops. Lowest price:

€ 46.90

	Buy in the Market	€ 59.00

	Rum House	€ 66.82

	big-market	€ 73.13

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Whisky Reviews for Arran 12-year-old

20 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 83.73 points

Seb.Whisky scored this whisky 84 points
16 Jul 2018 11:47 am
Like Kilkerran, it is a distillery that has chosen a beautiful orientation and that reaps the fruits of it. For this price frankly it's a gift! www.passionduwhisky.com

Nose

Nose: It's rich, unctuous, green apple. Lemon freshness. Whisky cream. It's fragrant, it has body. What marks is the aromatic concentration of fresh fruits.

Taste

Palate: The alcohol is controlled. Spicy vanilla. Apple, orange. A drop of water will explode the fruit, apple still, melon in the lead, but also marzipan and can be petals of roses. It's generous, ample, just perfect.

Finish

Final: There is good wood, a flock of pepper. Chocolate. Again from the apple, melon of cavaillon melon.
Defeatless scored this whisky 87 points
31 May 2018 11:35 pm
Nose:

Sweet and honey. Vanilla burst and some wood influence. It is rather difficult to work your way around the alcohol. With water: It gets nice and fruity. A bit of pears, hint of oranges and some apples. Taste:

Again sweet. Little hay. Some chalk. Then a hit of vanilla, toffee and some stewed apples.

With water: The fruits come more forward, but not much of a change.Body:

Full and creamy

Finish:

short-medium length. There is some wood in here and a bit of sweet and sour. It also develops rather fruity. Sad the finish is rather short.

With water: not much of a change!Price:

Very good price-quality balance! Found for around €45,-

Presentation:

Decent, all the info is on the label.
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Goethe scored this whisky 87 points
17 Oct 2017 9:55 pm
Batches of this Arran 12 CS vary concerning the fruit profile. This one is quite well done.Concerning price/performance ratio: 9/10

Nose

Citrus, pear, apples, some sherry, caramel, apricot, exotic fruits.

Taste

Citrus, a touch of sherry, oranges, fresh hay, honey, oak, cloves.

Finish

Medium. Fruits and oak.
Tom na Gruagaich scored this whisky 85 points
03 May 2017 11:15 pm
I like it good, fruity, robust and straightforward. I like the 14er a bit better, the sherry influence is more noticeable there.

Nose

Fresh, fruity, light, tropical fruit, slightly alcoholic, will become gentler with time, honey, a beautiful oak note.

Taste

Strong, crisp, fresh, fruity, sweet and sour, citrus zest, some oak. Very robust and direct.

Finish

Mouth-filling, first bitter oak, then a few fruit and honey tones, citrus and in the end again a slight bitterness of oak and some orange peel.
Dre73 scored this whisky 84 points
24 Feb 2017 12:52 am
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Dre73 scored this whisky 84 points
24 Feb 2017 12:51 am
Pleasant sweet and fresh fruity whisky with a 'bite'. Reasonably full taste.

Nose

Fruity, citrus, orange peel, apricot, pineapple. Fresh. Sweet, honey. What sherryvat influence. Caramel too. Later even gumball-sweetness, and vanilla.

Taste

Firm, stimulating, peppery. Sweet, apricot, honey.

Finish

Medium, light pepper, peach, apricot, honey. Dry, slightly bitter undertone, wood influences. Later also something floral.
irrerelevant scored this whisky 84 points
18 Jan 2017 9:07 pm
im no big arran fan because of that "citrus disinfectant wet wipe" thing. Big plus is that beautiful apricot note

Nose

gentle sherry influence, orange, zest, ripe apricots, ripe ananas, malt, typical arran citrus note from wet wipe or disinfectant, alcohol, a little briny

Taste

intense apricots, touch of sherry, aromatic oak, again malt, oat, boozy, grape seed oil, creamy, "dense"

Finish

fruity with oak and grain, alcohol is still present
vojt466 scored this whisky 83 points
08 Aug 2016 7:59 pm
The price / performance ratio is slightly detrimental to this bottle.

Nose

Salt, sea, scent of cakes, flowers, citrus. After the addition of water mainly flower tones.

Taste

Bitter fruit sweet (currants, unripe grapes), vanilla, salt, alcohol, spice. In the end, more and more turns to a certain salinity. After the water has been added to the sweet acid.

Finish

Blackberries, spices, light woody. With water slightly creamy finish
whiskybros scored this whisky 85 points
02 Jul 2016 10:43 am
You can find our review at http://www.whiskybros.com/#!Arran-12yo-Cask-Strength-Batch-4/c21kp/572602940cf232b075d3757e
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Pyromann scored this whisky 70 points
26 Jun 2016 9:46 am
This one did not excite me much. Could imagine better sherried dram. Maybe its just a bad sample, should re-taste once.

Nose

Weaker and dull wine, sherry, then sharply alcoholic. The dram lets you know about its higher strength, would be nice to add a drop of water.

Taste

Sherry dominates, some woodiness and alcohol in the back.

Finish

Sharp and of a medium longevity.

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