Craigellachie 10 Years Old 2014 Cask #373077 (James Eadie)

The bottler James Eadie bottled this Craigellachie, a 10 year old, distilled in 2014, from cask 373077, bottled at 58.9%, one of 267 bottles. Craigellachie is a robust, fruity Speyside single malt from the heart of the region. It sits at the village of Craigellachie, where the River Fiddich joins the Spey by Telford's iron bridge.

It was distilled for the heavy, meaty spirit Craigellachie is known for, for a bold, meaty Speyside spirit. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the heavy, meaty malt. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, the worm tub weight softening to tropical fruit. The cool Speyside air gives a slow, even maturation, the young sulphur fading to fruit. Water comes from a local spring in the Blue Hill area above the village. Years in oak round the spirit, the worm tub weight turning to pineapple and wax.

Bottled at a cask strength 58.9%, it is rich. A muscular, waxy sweetness, with raisin, date and treacle from the cask. A baked fruit and a warm spice lift it. It finishes robust, waxy and warm. This is one of Speyside's most robust single malts.