Arran 1995 16 Year Old For The Whisky Agency & The Nectar
Lot number: 084-0462
Winning bid: £95
Situated in the Firth of Clyde, the island of Arran was once a hotbed of illicit distillation and smuggling. Eventually though the dreaded Excise men got the best of Arran's renegade stillmen, and the island was without a working distillery from 1837. That all changed in 1995 when the Arran distillery at Lochranza started production.
Although it is a relative youngster, Arran's investment in quality casks has paid dividends, and its popularity continues to soar like the Golden Eagles that nest nearby. This quick success, combined with high visitor numbers at the Lochranza distillery, have enabled the company to construct another distillery at Lagg, on the south of the island, that will focus on creating peated whisky.
This Arran is a joint bottling by The Whisky Agency, who are based out of Germany's whisky capital Limburg, and The Nectar, a Belgian whisky importer and distributor ran by Mario Groteklaes.
Distilled: 1995
Bottled: 2012
Age: 16 Years Old
Cask Type: Refill Hogshead
53.2% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: One of only 188 bottles released
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