Edradour 2003 Burgundy Cask Matured

Edradour

Edradour is a very small operation (3 guys) with a still that is barely big enough to be called legal. This whisky is very interesting. To my sniffer, the nose smelled like peanut butter and caramel. The palate was full bodied, spicy and nutty.

Score 70/100

Edradour 15 Year Old Fairy Flag

Edradour is a distillery with a botchy reputation. Their whisky is often called Edrasour, accompanied with a sneer. But we have to be honest – that time is passed. Since Andrew Symington took over, he and his team have been working hard on wood management and other improvements. There is still a lot of work to be done to ameliorate the reputation,...

Score 84/100

Edradour 1997 10 Year Old Sauternes 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 56,6%, 11 years old and received a finish from a Sauternes cask after the regular maturation in a hogshead. Only 451 bottles of 50 cl are available. Sauternes is a French dessert wine...

Score 66/100

Edradour 26 Year Old 1985 PX Cask Finish

The last cask of Edradour from 1985, their oldest stock, was bottled in July 2011. So the label boldly states ‘Farewell to 1985 – Last Cask’. The whisky was finished on PX sherry. But what a cask that must have been if it still yielded 642 bottles after 26 years? Wow. The nose is honeysweet with an absolute Oscar worthy performance of marzipan and...

Score 78/100