58,2°
Distillery : Edradour - Highlands
Burgundy Wine Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Van Wees
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 50 ppm
Edradour is said to be the smallest distillery in the Highlands, with
less than 100,000 liters of alcohol per year. They still allow
themselves to exploit two brands, the one that bears the name of the
distillery, and Ballechin, which brings together peated bottlings, up
to 50 ppm. This one spent 14 years in a Burgundy wine cask, before
being released in 269 copies. Rare Reserve is a sub-range of
The Ultimate collection, which brings out very old things,
this one is by far the youngest. It celebrates the 1001st The Ultimate bottling.
Let's Taste It :
The influence of wine is quite rich, plum compote, pears,
raspberries, leather, dried fruits, nuts. Nice peat, a little oily,
filthy as it should be. It's mellow, and not too sweet, so much the
better. Watermelon, dragon fruit, damson. On the palate, it is very red fruits,
strawberries, dry earth, rather vegetal. Pomegranate and blackcurrant.
Intense spices, paprika, nutmeg, clove. Pleasant finish, charcoal and earth, engine oil and still some red
fruits, blackberries and blueberries. Cashew nut. Heather.
In Short,
Very cask-driven, which is often the case with this distillery. That
said, it's still decent here. It's neither sour nor too sweet, the
distillery markers remain. The peat is very strong, it
makes you think of Laphroaig or Port Charlotte. All in all a good winey
whisky, unfortunately the price has become too high.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Ride - Leave Them All Behind
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