Edradour Super Tuscan Cask Matured 14 Years Old 2007

A 14 year old Edradour, a distillery bottling, from 2007, cask 343, at 55.2%, 282 bottles in all. Edradour is a Highland single malt from a 19th century farm distillery run by a handful of hands. 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, building the creamy Edradour style. A refill bourbon hogshead held it, keeping the rich, oily character to the fore. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the oily malt, the body fuller and creamier. The full bodied spirit shows the cask clearly, the sherry and oak to the fore. The cool Highland air of the glen gives a slow, even maturation in the small Edradour warehouses. Long ageing turns the rich make towards dried fruit, fig and a soft spice. The worm tubs leave an oily weight that carries through the years in cask.

At a natural 55.2% it is full and oily. Dried fruit, nut and a soft chocolate, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A baked apple and a gentle spice lift it. The close is oily and warming, fruit over a gentle oak. This is the oily, rich malt of tiny Edradour.