Edradour 10 Years Old 2008 Cask #157 (Signatory)

This Edradour was bottled by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, a 10 year old, distilled in 2008, from cask 157, bottled at 58.7%, one of 700 bottles. Edradour is a rich, oily Highland single malt made in the old farm buildings above Pitlochry. It is one of the smallest traditional distilleries in Scotland, long run by just two or three hands.

The spirit was distilled slowly in the old farm stillhouse on Ben Vrackie water, for a full, oily make of dried fruit and chocolate. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, oily spirit growing creamier. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask. Maturation in the dunnage warehouses at Pitlochry is slow and steady. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore.

At cask strength 58.7% it is big and oily. A rich, nutty sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The texture is oily and creamy, the fruit lifted by vanilla. The finish is long, oily and gently spiced. This is Edradour, one of Scotland's smallest distilleries.