Edradour Ballechin 15 Years Old Cask #Batch 1 (58.9%)

Small Batch Cask Strength

700ml / 58.9%

Single Malt

$164

A 15 year old Ballechin from the distillery, at 58.9%. A rich smoke over dried fruit and chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Owned since 2002 by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. The tiny stills and worm tubs give a rich, oily, smoky spirit. This is Ballechin’s heavily peated, oily style.

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SKU EDD008 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

An official release of Ballechin, a 15 year old, cask Batch 1, at 58.9%, 3520 bottles in all. Ballechin is Edradour's heavily peated malt, smoke laid over a rich, oily Highland spirit. It is one of the smallest traditional distilleries in Scotland, long run by just two or three hands.

The spirit was made from malt peated to around fifty parts per million in the tiny stills, for a smoky, oily make of peat and dried fruit. An Oloroso cask held it, shaping the oily spirit over the years. At oxidative maturity vanillin and lactones are expressed, the smoke folding into the nutty, oily malt. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses. Under Signatory the range has grown to a wide run of sherry and wine cask bottlings. Its tiny copper stills and worm tubs give a rich, oily, full bodied spirit. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make.

At 58.9%, undiluted, it is deep and concentrated. Woodsmoke, oily malt and a dried fruit, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. It is rich and smoky, the oily spirit shining through. It finishes long, rich and smoky. This is the smoky side of tiny Edradour.