Ballechin 2005 (LMDW) (56.7%)

Caroni Rum Cask Finish

700ml / 56.7%

Single Malt

$247

An 11 year old Ballechin from the Paris house La Maison du Whisky, 2005, at 56.7%. Peat, fig and a soft chocolate fill the glass, with a soft brown sugar and a tropical fruit from the cask. Ballechin was first distilled in 2003 as Edradour’s peated make. Edradour keeps the old ways, with worm tubs and Oregon pine washbacks. This is Ballechin’s heavily peated, oily style.

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SKU EDD032 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

This Ballechin was bottled by the Paris house La Maison du Whisky, an 11 year old, distilled in 2005, from cask 906, bottled at 56.7%, one of 278 bottles. Ballechin is a rich, smoky Highland single malt from the tiny Edradour distillery. Its water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs in the hills above the distillery.

It was drawn off the tiny stills and cooled in worm tubs, smoke over an oily spirit, for the smoky, oily Ballechin make. Maturation came in a Rum cask, layered over the rich Edradour make. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) join the smoke, the dried fruit deepening beneath. Maturation in the dunnage warehouses at Pitlochry is slow and steady. It was bought in 2002 by Andrew Symington of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. Long ageing turns the rich make towards dried fruit, fig and a soft spice.

At cask strength 56.7% it is big and oily. Peat smoke, dried fruit and a nutty oil, with a soft brown sugar and a tropical fruit from the cask. A dried fruit and a tarry oak give it depth. A long, smoky finish carries dried fruit and a soft ash. This is the smoky side of tiny Edradour.