Edradour 10 Years Old 2013 Cask #558 (Signatory)

The Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage bottled this Edradour, a 10 year old, distilled in 2013, from cask 558, bottled at 58.2%, one of 678 bottles. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. It was founded in 1825, growing out of an old farmers' cooperative in the glen above Pitlochry.

The spirit was made in the smallest of stills and condensed in worm tubs, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. An Oloroso cask held it, shaping the oily spirit over the years. By the integrating teens congeners fade and esters build, the rich, oily spirit growing creamier. The tiny stills and worm tubs give an oily spirit that takes the cask well. Maturation in the dunnage warehouses at Pitlochry is slow and steady. It keeps the old ways, with an open cast iron mash tun, Oregon pine washbacks and worm tub condensers.

At a natural 58.2% it is full and oily. A rich, oily orchard fruit and almond, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dried fruit and a polished oak give it depth. It finishes long, rich and oily. This is Edradour's full bodied, sherried Highland style.