57,6°
Distillery : Edradour - Highlands
1st Fill and 2d Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Last year, these two bottlings invaded the shelves of good wine merchants. Both were batches of Edradour aged for 12 years in Oloroso Sherry Butts. This is the second batch, the result of the blending of 5 Butts, making a total of 5,100 bottles. The good news is that it's unreduced, with no chill filtration or colouring.
Let's Taste It :
Nose of gooseberries and muscat grapes, christmas pudding, cloves and custard, dried apricots, dates, blackberry and blackcurrant jam, melting toffee, sprinkled with cinnamon. Some malty notes in the background, heather and bark. On the palate, there are hints of blood orange, raspberry, sultanas and cranberries, quince jelly, candied ginger and exotic spices. The woody caramel adds a certain thickness. Nutmeg. Long finish, earth and bark, dark chocolate, coffee, chicory, forest berries.
In Short,
The Sherry is very intense, and almost completely masks the identity of the distillery. The advantage is that it's very well done, with little rancio, no sulphur and no acidity. It is a very fine product, perfect for Sherry Bomb lovers, at a more or less fair price.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Elsiane - Loneliness
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