Edradour Matured in the Finest Amarone Casks 22 Years Old 2003

This official Edradour, a 22 year old, from 2003, cask 1001-1005, at 50.8%, 1510 bottles in all. Edradour is a Highland single malt from Perthshire, traditional and tiny, now Scotland's little gem. It was bought in 2002 by Andrew Symington of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage.

The spirit was run through the small stills with their boil ball purifiers, for a full, oily make of dried fruit and chocolate. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, oak lactones lending vanilla and a little coconut. Through the evaporative decades the spirit concentrates, esters folding into dried fruit and beeswax. Long ageing turns the rich make towards dried fruit, fig and a soft spice. Vanillin and oak lactones from the wood lend vanilla and coconut over the fruit. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire. The tiny stills and worm tubs give an oily spirit that takes the cask well.

At a hearty 50.8% it carries real weight. Dried fruit, nut and a soft chocolate, with a soft vanilla from the oak. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, the fruit on a creamy body. The finish is rounded, fruity and gently spiced. This is a Highland single malt of real character.