Edradour 9 Years Old 2009 Cask #45 (van Wees)

The Dutch bottler van Wees bottled this Edradour, a 9 year old, distilled in 2009, from cask 45, bottled at 58%, one of 700 bottles. Edradour is a Highland single malt from Perthshire, traditional and tiny, now Scotland's little gem. A rare Morton refrigerator still cools the wort, one of the last in use in Scotland.

Distilled from unpeated malt in tiny copper stills and worm tubs, for the rich, oily make Edradour is known for. Maturation came in an Oloroso cask, layered over the rich Edradour make. At an extractive age eugenol lends a clove note and lactones a coconut, the spirit rich, oily and nutty. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask. Active wood frames the rich fruit without overwhelming the oily Highland spirit. A 2018 expansion added a second still house, the production still small and traditional. Under Signatory the range has grown to a wide run of sherry and wine cask bottlings.

At a hearty 58% it carries real weight. Dried fruit, fig and a creamy vanilla, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. It finishes long, rich and oily. This is a creamy, nutty Highland single malt.