Edradour 1st Fill Pinot Noir Casks 12 Years Old 2012

1st Fill Pinot Noir Casks

700ml / 48.2%

Single Malt

$93

A 12 year old Edradour from the distillery, at 48.2%. Fig, dried fruit and a soft chocolate fill the glass, with a light red berry and a dry edge from the cask. Founded in 1825, it keeps the old ways in its farm buildings. Water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs above the distillery. This is a creamy, nutty Highland single malt.

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SKU EDD249 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

Edradour from the distillery, a 12 year old, from 2012, cask 709, 710, 711, 712, at 48.2%, 1422 bottles in all. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. Its tiny copper stills and worm tubs give a rich, oily, full bodied spirit.

It was worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, building the creamy Edradour style. A Pinot Noir cask held it, shaping the oily spirit over the years. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, oily spirit growing creamier. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire. A small distillery and a hands on approach shape every cask by hand. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses.

At 48.2%, undiluted, it is deep and concentrated. Dried fruit, fig and a creamy vanilla, with a light red berry and a dry edge from the cask. Beneath it run dried fruit, chocolate and a soft oil. The finish runs long, nutty and warming. This is a creamy, nutty Highland single malt.