Edradour 1985 21 Year Old Chateau d'Yquem Finish

Edradour 8 Year Old 2008 The Ultimate Cask #118

In another era Edradour was sometimes ridiculed as Edrasour, but since Andrew Symington and his team took over, this little distillery in Pitlochry is going from strength to strength. The people of van Wees in Holland noticed this too and have released a whole range of single casks. This week I’m putting no less than 6 casks head-to-head. This is...

Score 89/100

Edradour Eilean Dubh "The Dark One"

Edradour is the smallest distillery of Shottland, as far as I know only three people are working there. But those people produce really interesting malts. One of them is the Eilean Dubh "The Dark One", a malt matured in a Sherry cask. It is delivered in cask strength in nice little bottles of 500 ml. The nose of "The Dark One"...

Score 65/100

Edradour 1997 11 Year Old Sassicaia Finish

Edradour markets a whole range of wine finishes, bottled in the series Straight from the Cask, meaning the whisky is single cask at cask strength. This one was finished in Sassicaia wine casks, filled in bottles of 50cl and packed in nice-looking little wooden crates. Sassicaia is considered to be a top wine from Italy in ‘Bordeaux’-style,...

Score 82/100

Edradour 1997 10 Year Old Sauternes Finish 50cl

Please note that I've tasted the more recent 1997 Sauternes at 11 years old. Nose: starts malty with a background of sulphury organics and hints of rubber. After some breathing, it has some glorious moments in which the sweet wine sparkles and a lot of cinnamon emerges, together with some flowers. The more time you give it, the sweeter it gets,...

Score 62/100