Edradour Ballechin 15 Years Old Cask #Batch 1

Small Batch Cask Strength

700ml / 59.4%

Single Malt

$156

A 15 year old Ballechin from the distillery, at 59.4%. Full and smoky, all peat, dried fruit and a soft oil, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Signatory’s wide cask range gives it an unusual variety of finishes. Water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs above the distillery. This is a rich, smoky Highland single malt.

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SKU EDD006 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

This official Ballechin, a 15 year old, cask Batch 1, at 59.4%, 3126 bottles in all. Ballechin is a rich, smoky Highland single malt from the tiny Edradour distillery. A rare Morton refrigerator still cools the wort, one of the last in use in Scotland.

Worked through worm tubs from heavily peated malt for a smoky, oily spirit, for a heavy, smoky spirit with an oily depth. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. Into oxidative maturity, slow air ingress builds fruity esters and a tarry depth, the smoke turning to soft ash and dried fruit. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses. A gentle maturation suits the oily make, the nutty richness growing with time. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make.

Bottled at a cask strength 59.4%, it is rich. Soft ash, dried fruit and a creamy malt, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, the smoke on a creamy body. The close is oily and smoky, fruit over a tarry oak. This is a heavily peated Highland malt from Pitlochry.