Arran isn’t a distillery I know well but after recently sampling some excellent casks matured by PM Spirits, and buying a bottle of one of them, I was looking forward to working my way through a tasting pack and video from October’s Virtual Whisky Show. There’s an orchard fruit note running through all these whiskies, with various degrees of milk chocolate and spice overlayed depending on the age and proportion of sherry casks. It’s a gentle dram that ranges from good to great. Starting with the 10, I find toasted oats, peanuts and green apples on the nose. There’s milky coffee, caramel and cinnamon in the mouth and a short gentle spice on the finish. The nose is the best thing about this - the flavors on the palate feel a little weak - but overall a respectable baseline for the range.