Edradour Straight From The Cask – Sherry Cask Matured 11 Years Old 1991

Edradour from the distillery, an 11 year old, from 1991, cask 267, at 59.3%, 898 bottles in all. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. The distillery sits in a pocket glen at Balnauld, in the hills above Pitlochry in Perthshire.

Drawn off the tiny stills and cooled in worm tubs for an oily make, building the creamy Edradour style. Finished in an Oloroso cask, the wood building over the oily, full bodied spirit. In integration lactones (coconut) and vanillin (vanilla) knit with the malt, the nutty chocolate deepening. The tiny stills and worm tubs give an oily spirit that takes the cask well. 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. A small distillery and a hands on approach shape every cask by hand.

At cask strength 59.3% it is big and oily. Dried fruit, nut and a soft chocolate, with dried fruit, fig and walnut from the cask. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, the fruit on a creamy body. The finish is rounded, fruity and gently spiced. This is a rich Highland malt from the pocket glen at Pitlochry.