48,2°
Distillery : Edradour - Highlands
1st Fill Barbaresco Hogsheads
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
Apparently this Small Batch is the first chapter in a new annual range, as the 2nd bottling, for 2024, is about to be released. Each will be 12 years old, reduced to 48.2° precisely, and aged in a small number of wine casks. In this case, it will be Barbaresco, an Italian red wine produced in Piedmont. For the 2024 vintage, it will be Madeira wine. 8 first-fill Barbaresco casks were used, giving a total of 2921 bottles.
Let's Taste It :
Prunes, soft toffee, Mon Chéri chocolate with the cherry inside, slight but not disturbing acidity, forest undergrowth, raisins, dates, blackcurrant, blackberry liqueur, pine needles, cloves. Smooth and silky on the palate, morello cherries, amarena, raspberries, with notes of earth and warm chestnuts, deep spices, damp bark, mushrooms. Fairly long finish, cocoa powder, genoise, it becomes more pastry-like, with thick caramel, jam, wood, liquorice.
In Short,
It's vinous and intensely fruity, but forest and earthy notes prevent it from being acidic, so it's quite successful. You do have to like aging in wine casks, though. The price seems a bit high to me, but that must be linked to the originality of the product.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Pinhdar - Murderers of a Dying God
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