Edradour 10 Years Old 2008 Cask #26 (Signatory)

This Edradour was bottled by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, a 10 year old, distilled in 2008, from cask 26, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a rich Highland malt from the pocket glen at Balnauld, distilled since 1825. Under Signatory the range has grown to a wide run of sherry and wine cask bottlings.

The spirit was distilled from unpeated malt in tiny copper stills and worm tubs, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. Maturation came in an Oloroso cask, layered over the rich Edradour make. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the oily malt, the body fuller and creamier. Signatory's wide cask range gives the small distillery an unusual variety of finishes. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore.

At an approachable 46% it is soft and oily. A rich, oily orchard fruit and almond, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Fig, nut and a creamy malt fill the middle. The finish runs long, nutty and warming. This is a creamy, nutty Highland single malt.