56,5°
Distillery : Edradour - Highlands
Ex-Bourbon Casks and Barolo Wine Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2019
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
There are many editions of Edradour finished in barrels of Barolo wine, but only one is 18 years old, and that is this one. It is a blend of two 12-year-old Bourbon casks, finished for 6 years in a barrel of this highly reputed Italian wine. The result gave 578 bottles.
Let's Taste It :
Woody and spicy notes, soft and moist bark, black cherries, apricot tart, dried dates, cinnamon and nutmeg, heather, ivy, earth and chocolate. Slight hints of menthol and lemon, forest honey, candied quince. On the palate, dark berries, orchard fruits, Conference pears, Golden apples, salted butter caramel, vanilla custard, fig and chocolate filling, intense spices, whole almonds, peach stones. Long and powerful finish, but not quite explosive, bark, resin, maple syrup, shortbread biscuits, speculoos crumbs.
In Short,
The wine's influence brings forest and spicy notes, which are very interesting, chocolatey, earthy and woody, quite original. I'm not totally won over, but I'm impressed. Unfortunately, the price is excessive.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Limiñanas - Prisoner of Beauty
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