OBAN 14 YEAR OLD
A bustling seaside resort has grown up around Oban distillery in the two centuries since it set up home in a fishing village. The West Highland single malt is still produced in the same unhurried, traditional fashion.
A combination of light smoke, medium richness and appetising spice.
STRENGTH
43% ABV
APPEARANCE
Olive gold
NOSE
Rich sweetness and fruits - oranges, lemons and pears, with sea-salt and peaty smokiness.
BODY
Full, rich.
PALATE
Mouth-filling late autumn fruits - dried figs and honey-sweet spices; followed by a smoky malty dryness.
FINISH
Long, smooth-sweet finish with oak-wood, dryness and a grain of salt.
OBAN DISTILLERS' EDITION
Each Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second (or ‘double’) maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine.
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 Montilla Fino cask wood finish.
A seriously complex whisky of the highest order – a glorious zesty nose and plenty of sweet fruit complemented by salt and chewy, roasty caramel malt.
STRENGTH
43% ABV
APPEARANCE
Amber, rose-hued
NOSE
Outstanding. Fruity and pungent; sea salt with crushed grapes, orange zest and hints of smoke. Massively complex.
BODY
Full, rich.
PALATE
Most explosive Oban ever. Soft malt then wave upon wave of delicate yet rich fruit notes on a tide of brine.
FINISH
Sweetened Jamaican coffee and oak, with an attractive malt-biscuit effect as it dies down.
OBAN 18 YEAR OLD
This rare, bottling was selected to mature four years longer than Oban 14-Year-Old.
Thoseextra four years give Oban 18-Year-Old a rounder, more developed flavour. Thesweeter notes such as banana and toasted teacake, found subtly in Oban 14-Year-Old,are amplified. The rich sweetness of Oban 18-Year-Old is perfectly balancedwith the most mysterious of flavours: a dry hint of Sea Salt.
STRENGTH
43% ABV
APPEARANCE
Pale, green-gold.
NOSE
Sweet with white banana notes at firstfollowed by toasted muffins and a trace of toasted tea-cake before the familiarOban key note of sweet smokiness and salt appears.
BODY
Medium.
PALATE
Fruity like rhubarb compote. Smooth texturedand easy to drink.
FINISH
Long with late smoke, cocoa and aniseed. Oilyand rich with long tannins.
