56,6°
Distillery : Edradour - Highlands
1st Fill Sherry Butt Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2021
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Distilled the year after Andrew Symington, who already owned Signatory Vintage, bought the distillery, this Edradour is one of the oldest you can find. Released to celebrate the 65th anniversary of La Maison du Whisky, it has been finished in a first-fill Sherry Butt, and has joined the Conquête range, which means exclusive sales on the French market. 674 bottles were filled.
Let's Taste It :
The Sherry is remarkable right from the first nose, dark chocolate, blood orange, with beautiful spices, black pepper and cloves. Dried and candied fruits, raisins, quinces, medlars, a drop of lemon, woody hints. Almonds with their pods, velvety walnuts. Silky and syrupy on the palate, with a few citrus fruits as well as raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. The discreet markers of the distillery in the background, malted cereals, touches of yellow fruits, light vanilla. Well-crafted, fairly long finish, nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, earthy, woody notes, bark. Mentholated freshness at the very end.
In Short,
A well-made, subtle product, but in which the Sherry is predominant, as is often the case with this distillery. This time, you can still smell the cereals and other details that give it a personality, but, given its age and price, I don't think that's enough. You can still find it in some shops in the depths of Europe, above the release price, which was already very high, but I don't think it's worth the effort.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Sven Zetterberg - Let's Straighten it Out
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