Oban ( Official) - 14 years - 14 y.o. - 43,0%6
5
5 
- Bottler:
- Official
- Age:
- 14 years
- Alcohol:
- 43,0%
- Collection:
- Classic Malts
- Bottle details:
- average
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- (77,94)
- price class:
6 notes disponibles en français
A second tasting denied the first one. Even if this malt is slightly acid, the whole remains very interesting, and my quotation has been reviewed. This just confirms that the impressions can be different each time.
2004The first impression announces an interesting whisky.
The nose and the mouth let expect a very great malt, but this first impression is rapidly denied by a regrettable lack of depth. The relative deception is due to the expectations from the first impression rather than by a lack of quality of this malt.
2003Henrik Johansson
Date of tasting: 8/12 2007
Appearance: Deep Gold or light copper
Nose: Relatively closed and prickly. The predominant impression is of some sort of kippery aroma. There are some leafy, spicy and fragrant hints, but they're all very suppressed. The diluted nose opens up a little bit to reveal some green tobacco whiffs along with some aniseed and kiwi fruits.
Body: Medium light
Palate: Much less closed off than the nose, some warming, husky flavours, toasted oak and some sulphuric hints, but not to the point of being unpleasant. It's quite potent and mouth filling. The finish is long and warming.
2007Johannes_Sauer
App.: Dark gold on could say bright amber, a very little greenish? Anyway, the colour does not matter so much since it is adjusted with caramel.
N.: The nose is really demanding: In the beginning there is nothing to sense exept a little malt and soft floral notes, but after leaving the glass untouched for a while, there is a soft sea breeze blowing, a deep syrupy sweetness and a soft winey arome in the background.
T.: More wine (sherry?), but again very soft in the beginning, later it gets better: Spices, even a little black pepper, wood, dry leaves, fisherman's friend, but all in all kept in the very back of the whole. A little more presence of the single aromes would do better.
F.: Hey, finally it gets interesting: The finish seems to be very long and multilayered, n! ow the aromes show up again, leaving prickly traces on the tongue, a very round and not to smooth finish, very pleasing with its soft bitter notes.
C.: Am I wrong with my memory? When I visited Oban 5 years ago I was very pleased with a bottle of the regular 14 yo I bought after a visit of the distillery and was very pleased of the spicy sea breeze arome. Compared to my memory this new Oban bottle was disappointing. But sometimes memories seem better than reality....
2008The relatively discrete nose, with its slightly acid and spicy hints, announces a nice balanced but rather plain whisky.
In the palate, a nice complexity with touches going from malted barley to citrus fruit, through nice woody and smoky notes.
A quite short finish, but the whole contributes to a nice whisky feeling.
2005
