Edradour 10 Years Old 2006 Cask #387 (Signatory)

The Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage bottled this Edradour, a 10 year old, distilled in 2006, from cask 387, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a Highland single malt from Perthshire, traditional and tiny, now Scotland's little gem. Its water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs in the hills above the distillery.

It was 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. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore. It is one of the smallest traditional distilleries in Scotland, long run by just two or three hands. The tiny stills and worm tubs give an oily spirit that takes the cask well.

At an approachable 46% it is soft and oily. A full, fruity sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Beneath it run dried fruit, chocolate and a soft oil. The close is oily and warming, fruit over a gentle oak. This is a rich, oily Highland single malt.