Edradour 7 Years Old 2018 Edradour No.2 Inaugural Release (Signatory)

The Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage bottled this Edradour, a 7 year old, distilled in 2018, bottled at 57.1%. Edradour is a rich, oily Highland single malt made in the old farm buildings above Pitlochry. For years its sign read Scotland's smallest distillery; it now calls itself Scotland's little gem.

The spirit was worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, for a rich, nutty spirit with a waxy depth. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working slowly into the rich malt. Young and extractive, the cask sheds vanillin (vanilla) and toasted sugars (light caramel) over the creamy make. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The tiny stills and worm tubs give an oily spirit that takes the cask well.

At 57.1%, undiluted, it is deep and concentrated. Dried fruit, fig and a creamy vanilla, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Beneath it run dried fruit, chocolate and a soft oil. The finish runs long, nutty and warming. This is the oily, rich malt of tiny Edradour.