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Aged for almost two decades in sherry casks, this is a whisky that rewards patience, delivering a richness and depth that only comes with serious time in wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBottled at 46% ABV without chill-filtration, the Arran 18 Year Old retains its full natural character and texture, allowing the sherry cask influence to express itself with real honesty and integrity. 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This 2023 release is a whisky of genuine prestige and complexity — a quarter century of patient maturation at Lochranza distillery, presented without chill-filtration and at natural colour, allowing every nuance of 25 years in wood to reach the glass completely unaltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe cask composition here has been carefully considered. A blend of 65% bourbon barrels and 35% sherry casks, all finished for a final year in sherry hogsheads, creates a whisky of remarkable balance and depth — the lighter, honeyed vanilla character of the American oak providing an elegant backbone, while the sherry cask influence adds richness, dried fruit complexity, and a warming spice that deepens beautifully with the additional hogshead finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThat Arran has reached this point — releasing a 25-year-old core range expression — is a remarkable achievement for a distillery founded in 1995 and one of the younger names in Scottish whisky. 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The choice of ex-sherry puncheons — larger casks that allow for a slower, more gentle interaction between spirit and wood — has produced a whisky of remarkable depth and elegance, with the fruit and spice of the sherry oak beautifully integrated after more than two decades of Island maturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe bottle and presentation tin are adorned with artwork capturing the sweeping coastal views across Shiskine Golf Club, the unique 12-hole course widely regarded as one of the finest in the UK, set against the dramatic backdrop of Drumadoon Point on Arran's western shore. 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