Edradour Ballechin Batch 2

A Ballechin, a distillery bottling, at 46%, 6000 bottles in all. Ballechin is the peated expression of Edradour, named after a long lost peated farm distillery nearby. The peated Ballechin lays heavy smoke over the rich, oily Edradour spirit.

The spirit was run through the small stills, the peat smoke carried into a rich, oily make, giving a rich, peated Highland spirit. It was matured in a Madeira cask, the wood working slowly into the rich malt. Without an age statement, peat smoke leads, vanillin vanilla and a chocolate behind it. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make. It was founded in 1825, growing out of an old farmers' cooperative in the glen above Pitlochry. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit.

At 46% it is creamy and full. Peat, chocolate and a waxy oil, with a nutty, raisined sweetness from the cask. Beneath the smoke run dried fruit, chocolate and a soft oil. Peat smoke, dried fruit and a soft oak see out a long finish. This is a rich, smoky malt from one of Scotland's smallest distilleries.