Edradour 1997 13 Year Old Cask #559

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 10 Year Old

This whisky is a tough one to review to. It is very subtle and fresh and for me it's hard to describe. When I am nosing this the first time of the evening I only can think of flowers. Never had such a floral nose. Letting it go and searching for more aromas I definitely get some light peat smoke. There is some caramel and candied light fruits like...

Score 80/100

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 12 Year Old 2004 Straight from the Cask #365

The period in which Edradour was jokingly called Edrasour is long past, luckily. Since Andrew Symington and his team took over in 2002, I have tried nothing but good stuff from this distillery in Pitlochry. Let’s give this 12 year old at cask strength (SFTC on the label means Straight from the Cask, after all) a go then. Oh, lest I forget, it...

Score 87/100