Edradour 10 Years Old 2012 Cask #257 (Signatory)

The Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage bottled this Edradour, a 10 year old, distilled in 2012, from cask 257, bottled at 46%, one of 810 bottles. Edradour is a Highland single malt from Perthshire, traditional and tiny, now Scotland's little gem. It once supplied blends such as House of Lords and King's Ransom.

Made in the smallest of stills and condensed in worm tubs, 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. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, the nutty chocolate deepening. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask. A small distillery and a hands on approach shape every cask by hand. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses.

At 46% it is creamy and full. A rich, nutty sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. A rich finish ends on dried fruit and a soft oak. This is Edradour's full bodied, sherried Highland style.