Ballechin Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured

Ballechin Oloroso Sherry Cask Matured

Peated Edradrour matured on first fill oloroso sherry casks for six years: that is how you could describe this Ballechin Batch 4. Just like the previous (and following) releases, it is bottled at the drinking strength of 46% ABV. Pleasant, if somewhat weird nose. Peat and sherry, always a risky combination, I find. In random order: Wellington...

Score 86/100

Ballechin 13 Year Old 2005 CaskAid

CaskAid is an npo that selects single casks, bottles them and donates the proceeds to a charity. Drinking whisky for a good cause? What’s not to like? This is already their 23rd release. It’s a Ballechin – peated Edradour (50ppm) – from 2005 that matured on a former Burgundy cask. It’s my 13th Ballechin so far. I’m not a superstitious man, but…...

Score 84/100

Ballechin #6 Bourbon Cask Matured

Ballechin in the peated expression of Edradour, a Highland distillery that was built in 1825. It proudly advertises itself as Scotland's smallest distillery, producing only 6000 gallons of spirit a year. It was bought by Pernod Ricard in 1975 but was overshadowed by its larger stablemates, and was then sold in 2002 to Signatory owner Andrew...

Score 91/100

Ballechin 12 Year Old 2005 Signatory for The Nectar

Ballechin is the peated version (50ppm) of Edradour and gets its name from the former Ballechin Distillery (1810-1927) that used to be just a stone’s throw away from current Edradour. This cask was selected by Belgian importer The Nectar. A Bordeaux wine cask, by the way. I am curious! Lovely, sweet nose on all kinds of red fruit ranging from...

Score 86/100