Edradour Ballechin 2011 Cask #275

SFTC – Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured

500ml / 59.6%

Single Malt

$125

An 11 year old Ballechin from the distillery, at 59.6%. Soft ash and a rich, nutty oil, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Made at one of the smallest traditional distilleries in Scotland. Signatory’s wide cask range gives it an unusual variety of finishes. This is a rich, smoky Highland single malt.

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SKU EDD074 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

This official Ballechin, an 11 year old, from 2011, cask 275, at 59.6%, 858 bottles in all. Ballechin is the peated expression of Edradour, named after a long lost peated farm distillery nearby. Its water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs in the hills above the distillery.

Distilled slowly from peated malt in the old farm stillhouse, giving a rich, peated Highland spirit. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) join the smoke, the dried fruit deepening beneath. Active wood frames the rich fruit without overwhelming the oily Highland spirit. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire. Its peated make, Ballechin, is named after a long extinct peated farm distillery a few miles away.

At a natural 59.6% it is full and oily. A rich smoke over dried fruit and chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, the smoke on a creamy body. A long, smoky finish carries dried fruit and a soft ash. This is the smoky side of tiny Edradour.