Review #185: Arran 13 Spec's pick, 2004 first fill sherry

Island - 13- NCF- NCA - $110 - 53.7%

Color - Mahogany 

Nose - Vanilla, raisins, orange zest, chocolate mousse, apricots 

Palate - Apricots, red grapes, dark chocolate, berry
Finish - Long - Candied orange, chocolate mousse, vanilla, berry

Overall - 8 - This is really fantastic. I enjoyed this from start to finish. The chocolate mousse is so nice and rich. They heavy sherry fruit throughout really make this enjoyable. It is much more lean on sherry spice but that works perfectly fine in this dram. I love this bottle, I will have to check out other Arran sherry.

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.93

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16