| Bottle Profile | |
| Type | Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries) |
| Distillery | Oban |
| Bottler | Official Bottling |
| Brand Name | Oban |
| Bottling Name | Limited Edition |
| Alcohol By Volume | 43% |
| Issued | 2011* |
| Average Score | 84 |
| Maniac Ratings | |
| Johannes van den Heuvel | 84 |
| Robert Karlsson | 81 |
| Konstantin Grigoriadis | 85 |
| Ho-cheng Yao | 83 |
| Krishna Nukala | 82 |
| Rich Howard | 87 |
| David Wankel | 77 |
| Oliver Klimek | 85 |
| Ralf Mitchell | 91 |
| Retired Maniac Ratings | |
| Keith Wood | 87 |
| Tasting Notes | |
| Robert Karlsson | Straight-foward orangey sweetness. With added spices. Nice rounded-off sweet-toothy taste. The spices gets there in the aftertaste. Well-balanced I'd say, with a slightly grainy aftertaste. |
| Rich Howard | deep rich fruits on the nose, trending towards the slightly sour (cherry perhaps more than raisin) and woody, but not in a bad way. also a hint of lemon, stewed apples, with some vanilla in the background to tie it all together. the palate is rich with tangy fruit punch, plenty of lemon and plenty of wood. water adds an expected layer of vanilla and cream to the nose, quite nice now, the slight sourness almost a memory, and the palate is mellower but still with lovely sweet fruits. summary: flavorful and well-integrated. works well with and without water. [tasted blind for the 2011 Awards] |