Edradour Hiroyuki Matsuura 10 Years Old 2011

Hiroyuki Matsuura

700ml / 57.2%

Single Malt

$1139

A 10 year old Edradour from the distillery, at 57.2%. Rich and oily, with dried fruit, chocolate and a creamy vanilla, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. Owned since 2002 by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. Its tiny stills and worm tubs give a rich, oily, full bodied spirit. This is a rich Highland malt from a pocket glen at Pitlochry.

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SKU EDD226 Categories Edradour, Highlands, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Edradour

Description

A 10 year old Edradour, a distillery bottling, from 2011, cask 226, at 57.2%, 631 bottles in all. Edradour is a rich Highland malt from the pocket glen at Balnauld, distilled since 1825. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire.

The spirit was distilled slowly in the old farm stillhouse on Ben Vrackie water, for a rich, nutty spirit with a waxy depth. It was matured in an Oloroso cask, the wood working slowly into the rich malt. Through integration spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into a rounded vanilla as ethyl esters lend a riper apple and dried fruit. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. Ben Vrackie water and a long ferment give the rich Edradour make. It was bought in 2002 by Andrew Symington of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage.

At 57.2%, undiluted, it is deep and concentrated. A rich, nutty sweetness, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. A dried fruit and a polished oak give it depth. The close is oily and warming, fruit over a gentle oak. This is Edradour, one of Scotland's smallest distilleries.