Edradour 1999 10 Year Old Sherry Butt #408

Edradour 1997 11 Year Old Chateau Neuf Du Pape Finish

Well I have to say I've never tried a Chateauneuf Du Pape finished whisky - whatever next? Trying neat for now.... I get toffee and plums on the nose. Caramel descending into sticky toffee pudding. Dried fruits. For 58% ABV there is surprisingly little nasal burn - normally I find it necessary to add water straight away to such high strength...

Score 88/100

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

Edradour 1997 11 Year Old Chateau Neuf Du Pape Finish

Edradour is known for its finishes, bottles in the series ‘Straight from the Cask’, meaning this is single cask whisky at cask strength. This one is a challenging 57,2%, 12 years old and received a maturation in a hogshead for 10 years, before being re-racked for 18 monhts in a Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine cask. Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which means ‘the...

Score 67/100

Edradour 10 Year Old

A small highland distillery, in the 30's it was apparently owned by a New York mobster. It was bought in 2002 from Pernod Ricard by Andrew Symington, who also runs independent bottler Signatory. In some ways its not unlike the Springbank/Cadenhead connection. Stangely the 10 year old is the only one of their whiskys which they "chill...

Score 83/100