Arran Private Cask 14 Years Old 2002

The 800000 prefix on the cask number identifies this bottling as drawn from the later 800000 series cask numbering Arran used at Lochranza during the mid 2000s, distinct from the earlier vintage prefixed numbering. Cask 2002/800540 was filled in 2002 with ex Bourbon wood and matured fourteen years before being bottled in 2016 for an event specific release. The 248 bottle outturn reflects the working yield of the single cask after fourteen years.

Spirit was distilled at Lochranza in 2002 and matured fourteen years in a single ex Bourbon American oak cask. Bottled in 2016 at 55.2% without chill filtration and without added colour, with the strong natural cask strength reflecting the integrated ABV at the bottling point.

Fourteen years of ex Bourbon maturation produces a notably more developed profile than younger Private Casks, with the recorded flavour profile tracking dried fruit, leathery, old wood, sherried and vanilla. The leathery and dried fruit notes suggest extended cask interaction in active wood rather than the lighter profile typical of refill wood at this age. The cask supplies the integrated vanillin, lactone and oxidative compound layer over the underlying Arran spirit signature.