Edradour 10 Years Old 2013 Cask #253-256 (Signatory)

An Edradour of a 10 year old chosen by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, distilled in 2013, from cask 253-256, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. It once supplied blends such as House of Lords and King's Ransom.

It was distilled slowly in the old farm stillhouse on Ben Vrackie water, for a full, oily make of dried fruit and chocolate. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working slowly into the rich malt. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, oily spirit growing creamier. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask. Refill oak lets the rich, oily Edradour character lead the way. Years in oak round the spirit, the dried fruit and chocolate deepening over the oily core.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Dried fruit, fig and a creamy vanilla, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dried fruit and a polished oak give it depth. A long, nutty finish carries dried fruit and a soft spice. This is a rich Highland malt from the pocket glen at Pitlochry.