Oban 14 Years Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 43% Vol | 70cl | Malt | Orange | Sea Salt & Mandarin | Scottish Whisky With Sweetness & Smoky Dryness | Full Bodied | an Ideal Christmas Gift

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To my surprise, I actually preferred the Aberfeldy 12 from the pack, but would reach for Clynelish 14 over this. Our boxes are made of 100% recyclable cardboard and our protective honeycomb paper wrap keeps your package safe and significantly reduces our need for plastic.

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. There is also some cut wood and a little sweetness on the palate, with fruit and dried oak notes on the long finish. Inoffensive and smooth, not improved with a drop of water, but some pleasant notes of malt and bitter orange. A review of this single malt is definitely long overdue, and I realized that rectifying this gap in Malt’s archives would be great for the site and its readers while also serving as an excellent way of getting myself back into the rhythms of writing.It's competing with Springbank 15 (if you can find it) Glendronach and Glenallachie, Edradour, Deanston 18, Glenfarclas 15, various Benromach releases. When I was new to whisky years ago, I first learned of Oban because its 14-year-old single malt was one of the six Classic Malts of Scotland, a selection created by Diageo in 1988 and afterward mass-produced and distributed among on-sale locations across the United Kingdom. Would you like to receive occasional messages with information about promotions, new wines, events and tastings?

I think it’s more to do with the fact that you’re using a warmer surface to condense the spirit, therefore the rate of condensation is lower – letting the spirit ‘hang out’ with the copper longer. I agree with others that it is overly sweet, but this would be a positive if you were new to scotch. All too often if a whisky describes itself as having a smoky flavour then that tends to be the dominant tasting note, but that’s not the case here. I say you can find much more interesting drams, or even smoother and tastier drams, for much less than you now pay for this.It is the one Single Malt Scotch Whisky in which the rich, complex flavours of the Highlands meet and mingle with the peaty, maritime character of the Islands. The bouquet perfectly reflects the refined spirit of the Oban distillery, and the slightly salty notes give a clean air to the Scottish assortment, balancing it. The expressive character and the rich aromatic palette, dominated by fruit, outline a rather complex personality for a young whiskey.

The spirit for this whisky has been produced the same way since the distillery was founded in the small fishing town of Oban back in 1794. The spirit is matured in a combination of American oak and European oak casks, which gives it a unique and complex flavour profile.

Today, Oban is said to be the second smallest distillery owned by Diageo when it comes to production capacity, at 870,000 liters per year. It was founded in 1794 and the West Highland port town of the same name has grown around the distillery. Elegant and glowing, it marries the sea air character of the Island malts of the soft, richly fruit style of the highland, creating its own rich tasting West Highland malt. S. Some say it’s because it is easy to pronounce (though having said that, remember it’s ‘OH-bin’ and not ‘O’Bahn’).