After trying the Arran Barrel Reserve, I was keen to explore more from this distillery. The 10 year old brings sherry casks into the mix alongside bourbon, promising more depth and complexity. Arran's commitment to natural colour and non-chill-filtration at 46% continues here. It's a significant step up from the Barrel Reserve, well-balanced and beautifully presented. At around £40-45, it's a whisky I'd be happy to keep in stock.

This is my first experience with the Arran distillery. Although it opened in 1995, it is relatively young by Scottish standards but is now well established as the Isle of Arran’s first distillery for well over a century. The distillery was built from scratch in the village of Lochranza in the north of the island to make use of the rainwater which pools at Loch na Davie. It is claimed that this is the ‘purest water in all of Scotland’, and this purity allows the distillery to make whisky that needs no artificial colouring and no chill-filtration. It all sounds great to me, so let’s taste the dram!