Oban 1996 Distillers Edition

Oban Little Bay

Hard to believe I've never reviewed an Oban before, since it's one of Diageo's well-known Classic Malts (according to them, anyway). One of Scotland's oldest distilleries, it was established in 1794 in the town of Oban, which has grown in population around the distillery (preventing distillery expansion beyond its 700,000 lpa from small stills)....

Score 88/100

Oban Bay Reserve – Game of Thrones ‘The Night’s Watch’

The odd one out in the series as it does not represent one of the Great Houses of Westeros, but the Night’s Watch, those dudes pledged to celibacy and the guarding of The Wall in The North against the White Walkers (and by that I mean the bad guys in Game of Thrones and not the bad whisky by Johnnie Walker). The bottle has the same black livery as...

Score 85/100

Oban 14 Year Old 20cl

NOSE: hazelnuts, marzipan and fresh fruits (orange flesh, green apples, pears). Pastry cream, vanilla, orange zest and a very remote note of peat. There's a touch of that Talisker 10 / Old Pultney 12 coastal freshness to the nose as well and some subtle floral notes. All of these notes are nicely integrated and balanced out. Yet, they are somehow...

Score 84/100

Oban 1995 Distillers Edition

Nose: Waxy , sweet and a bit of dried apricot sort of fruitiness. Damp soil and wood, giving way to some marzipan. Palate: Sweet , honey and bitter chocolate with marzipan topping, folowed by honey covers nuts,Apricot jam. Quite creamy. Finish : Sugary sweet with bitter cocoa and figs. A very nice sipping whisky, not mind blowing but good stuff,...

Score 83/100