Edradour 11 Year Old Caledonia Single Cask #2023

Edradour Caledonia 12 Year Old

This malt was selected by Douglas Maclean, a well-known singer in Scotland and named after his most famous song about the country he so dearly loves. Edradour once famed itself as the smallest distillery in Scotland, but there are various pretenders now who can claim that title: Daftmill, Kilchoman, Wolfburn, Loch Ewe (although can we even call...

Score 81/100

Edradour 2006 / Bot.2015 / Sauternes Cask

This Edradour spent around 9 years in a Sauternes wine cask. It was distilled in 2006, meaning it is a spirit from the era of Andrew Symington’s team (as they took over the distillery in 2002). Hence I am quite hopeful (as I find previous era Edradour quite disappointing). Hmm, the nose is not all that, mind you. Maybe I should leave it to...

Score 82/100

Edradour 12 Year Old Caledonia

My first bottle of 'Scotland's little gem' Edradour. This one is highly rated by Ralfy. Nose Spicy with cinnamon and dried fruits. Palate More of the same on the palate, fruit cake, spices, a cereal note and a little oak. Finish Quite long and drying with dark chocolate I'm not sure what casks have been used? But I'm guessing a mix of sherry...

Score 84/100

Edradour 12 Year Old 2006 Signatory Ibisco Decanter Cask #414

Luckily the Edradour malts are sometimes also bottled at cask strength as is the case with sherry cask #414 that went into these lovely Ibisco decanter. Exactly 700 were released. I got hold of a sample through a swap with a friend in Hungary. It’s nice to have whisky friends all over the globe. This is undoubtedly a first fill sherry cask #404...

Score 87/100