Edradour Port Cask Matured Batch No. 1 10 Years Old 2003

An official release of Edradour, a 10 year old, from 2003, cask Batch No. 1, at 46%, 2400 bottles in all. Edradour is a small, traditional Highland single malt, owned by Signatory since 2002. A 2018 expansion added a second still house, the production still small and traditional.

It was worked through Oregon pine washbacks and tiny stills for a rich, oily spirit, building the creamy Edradour style. It was matured in a Port 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. A gentle maturation suits the oily make, the nutty richness growing with time. It was bought in 2002 by Andrew Symington of the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. Under Signatory the range has grown to a wide run of sherry and wine cask bottlings.

At 46% it is rich, nutty and full. Dried fruit, chocolate and a nutty oil, with red berry, plum and a dry spice from the cask. The texture is oily and creamy, the fruit lifted by vanilla. Dried fruit, chocolate and a soft oak see out a long finish. This is the oily, rich malt of tiny Edradour.