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Oban Little Bay 0.7L

Name: Oban Little Bay 0.7L
SKU: 023600
Price: 323.00 PLN
Availability: InStock

Alcohol percentage: 43%

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Oban Little Bay is a single malt Scotch whisky from the Western Highlands region, bottled with no age statement (NAS) and launched by Diageo in December 2014 as the distillery's first ever NAS release. In December 2014 Oban introduced a NAS bottling named Oban "Little Bay". The name is a nod to the distillery itself – the Gaelic name of the town, An t-Òban, means "little bay".

The Oban distillery is among the oldest and at the same time the smallest in Scotland. It was founded in 1794 and is one of the last surviving town distilleries. Its founders were two brothers, John and Hugh Stevenson, themselves natives of Oban. It works with just two pot stills, which makes it one of the smallest in Scotland, and the whisky it produces is often described as representing the "West Highland" style, sitting somewhere between the dry, smoky character of the Scottish islands and the lighter, sweeter malts of the Highlands.

The heart of this edition lies in the way the spirits are matured and married. Oban Little Bay is married in the smallest casks available at the distillery – 200-litre ex-bourbon barrels. This gives a whisky with notes of stone fruit, spice and honey. According to the producer's description, the whisky is distilled in small batches and slowly married in the smallest casks, which translates into fruity richness and a deep, smooth texture with the distillery's signature character – citrus and sea salt. It is bottled at 43%.

On the nose there is an oily, waxy and nutty profile, balanced by ripe orchard fruit, with notes of almond fruitcake, denser Christmas pudding, cereal and orange in the background. The palate offers a comfortable, dense chewiness of rich fruit loaf, accents of orange peel and clove, gradually turning drier, with a cool note of mint and crisp green apple. The finish is long. A rich, fruity, malty nose shows dried apricot, dark chocolate and salt, while on the palate Little Bay combines malt with orange, chocolate and blackberry.