Edradour 10 Years Old 2012 Cask #403 (Signatory)

This Edradour was bottled by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, a 10 year old, distilled in 2012, from cask 403, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a small, traditional Highland single malt, owned by Signatory since 2002. A rare Morton refrigerator still cools the wort, one of the last in use in Scotland.

Worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. An Oloroso cask held it, shaping the oily spirit over the years. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the oily malt, the body fuller and creamier. Years in oak round the spirit, the dried fruit and chocolate deepening over the oily core. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses.

At 46% it is rich, nutty and full. A full, fruity sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The texture is oily and creamy, the fruit lifted by vanilla. It finishes long, rich and oily. This is a rich, oily Highland single malt.