Edradour Oloroso Sherry Butts 12 Years Old 2012

Edradour from the distillery, a 12 year old, from 2012, at 59.5%, 5131 bottles in all. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. For years its sign read Scotland's smallest distillery; it now calls itself Scotland's little gem.

The spirit was drawn off the tiny stills and cooled in worm tubs for an oily make, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into a rounded vanilla as ethyl esters lend a riper apple and dried fruit. Signatory's wide cask range gives the small distillery an unusual variety of finishes. A small distillery and a hands on approach shape every cask by hand. A 2018 expansion added a second still house, the production still small and traditional. Long ageing turns the rich make towards dried fruit, fig and a soft spice.

At cask strength 59.5% it is big and oily. A rich, nutty sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Fig, nut and a creamy malt fill the middle. It finishes long, rich and oily. This is a creamy, nutty Highland single malt.