Planteray Single Cask 10 Jahre Arran Cask Finish 2013

Drawn from a single Barbados cask laid down in 2013, this Planteray release pairs the island's traditional pot and column distillate with a finishing period in a cask that previously held Arran single malt whisky. It carries ten years of age and arrives at full cask strength of 50.8%, bottled by Maison Ferrand. Barbados rum in the house style tends toward toffee, brown sugar, ripe banana and vanilla over a medium body and gentle oak, sitting between lighter and heavier Caribbean idioms. The Arran finish should layer in a maltier, more cereal edged note around that base. As with the wider Planteray range, expect Ferrand's openly dosed approach rather than a bone dry profile, with the higher strength keeping it firm.