Edradour 10 Years Old 2015 Cask #315 (Signatory)

An Edradour of a 10 year old chosen by the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, distilled in 2015, from cask 315, bottled at 46%. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. It was bought in 2002 by Andrew Symington of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage.

Worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, giving the full bodied, creamy Highland spirit. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the oily malt, the body fuller and creamier. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses. A rare Morton refrigerator still cools the wort, one of the last in use in Scotland. Its water comes from the Ben Vrackie springs in the hills above the distillery.

Bottled at 46%, it is rounded. Baked apple, marzipan and a creamy malt, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Fig, nut and a creamy malt fill the middle. A rich finish ends on dried fruit and a soft oak. This is Edradour's full bodied, sherried Highland style.