Edradour reviews

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…

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…

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…

Exceptional about this whisky is the fact that it isn’t finised after the usual maturation on bourbon or sherry casks… no, this one got the full maturation on port bodega butts, where previously port had…

Edradour is, since 2002, very well known for its releases of finishes and single casks (while before, most of their outturn went into blends) as well as the heavily peated expressions under the name of…

This week I’ll be trying a couple expressions from what is called the smallest distillery in Scotland. I’ll begin with their standard bottling of the Edradour 10 Year Old.The nose, which I find rather…

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…

This whiskey looked like honey (or sunlight) swirling around my glass. The nose was full of medul dates, almonds, hot rubber garden hose, sherry notes, a touch of orange zest and wood smoke. The palate…

Colour is a bright golden. Nose starts muted with a touch of the saltiness and rubber. Soft and gentle taste with just a slight bite from the alcohol. On the palate there is a light fruity flavour that…

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"…