Oban Distillers Edition 2020 Release - 43% 70cl

The multiple owners of the Oban distillery through the years have all contributed to a tradition of hospitality and participation in the local community.

This dates back to the brothers John and Hugh Stevenson, the founders not only of the Oban distillery but also the city itself.

Together they founded a shipyard and a tannery, and in the 1790s a brewery which became the Oban distillery in 1794.

The next two generations of Stevenson continued to look after the family interests in Oban.

mporters and entrepreneurs, the founders of Oban distillery would have approved of the Spanish influence brought to bear with this edition’s second maturation in Montilla Fino cask wood finish.

A seriously complex whisky of the highest order.

Nose: Outstanding. Fruity and pungent; sea salt with crushed grapes, orange zest and hints of smoke. Massively complex.

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.

Jim Murray has scored this Oban Distillers Edition 87.5/100 in his 2020 Whisky Bible.

‘Some attractive kumquat and blood orange makes for a fruity and rich malt, though just a little furry towards the finish. Decent Demerara early on, too’.