Arran 23 Years Old 2001 Cask #476 (Svenska Eldvatten)

Svenska Eldvatten's cask selection extends across age bands within the working independent bottler inventory, with this 2001 vintage at twenty three years sitting in the upper end of typical commercial single cask ages. Cask 476 from the 2001 production year was matured twenty three years in Oloroso seasoned wood before bottling in 2025 for German specialist retail. The 158 bottle outturn at twenty three years reflects significant cask evaporation across the long maturation.

Spirit was distilled at Lochranza in 2001 and matured twenty three years in a single Oloroso seasoned cask. Bottled in 2025 at 47.2% without chill filtration and without added colour, with the lower bottling ABV reflecting natural cask strength loss through evaporation rather than controlled reduction.

Twenty three years of Oloroso cask maturation produces deep integration of cask and spirit, with the underlying Arran character from the 2001 new make fully integrated with the long oxidative cask layer. The slow oxidative development across more than two decades drives heavier aldehyde compound accumulation alongside the developed cask wood compounds, producing the integrated profile characteristic of long aged Oloroso single casks reaching the upper end of their commercial viability.