Edradour 10 Years Old 2015 Cask #299 (Signatory)

The Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage bottled this Edradour, a 10 year old, distilled in 2015, from cask 299, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a full bodied, oily Highland malt made on Ben Vrackie water at Pitlochry. Its water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs in the hills above the distillery.

Worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. 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. A gentle maturation suits the oily make, the nutty richness growing with time. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Chocolate, dried fruit and a waxy oil, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The texture is oily and creamy, the fruit lifted by vanilla. A rich finish ends on dried fruit and a soft oak. This is a rich Highland malt from the pocket glen at Pitlochry.