Edradour 1989 13 Year Old

Edradour 1989 Oloroso Matured Cask Sample

Another cask sample from an Edradour that is not yet released. It was distilled in 1989 and is currently maturing on an oloroso sherry cask. It was one of the better Edradour I tasted at the masterclass that Andrew Symington led at a festival in Belgium. Sound and succulent nose, that is surprisingly fresh. Gooseberries, raspberries, stewed...

Score 83/100

Edradour 9 Year Old 2010 The Ultimate Cask #391

The Dutch bottler van Wees released a whole series of single casks of Edradour in 2020, all of them at cask strength. Let’s put these head-to-head. This is a 9 years old from 2010, a single 1st fill sherry butt, at a strength of 58.6%! It has the color of cola! Very intense and deeply sherried nose with all you might expect from a first fill...

Score 88/100

Edradour 2000 11 Year Old Burgundy Cask Finish

In general: the smallest distillery in Scotland has issued a limited 437 bottles (500 ml, mind!) series of 11 year old single malt whisky vintage 2000, aged in Burgundy casks for the last 2,5 years before bottling it straight from the cask at cask strength 57,5%. A bit hard to find and buy a bottle and the price tag is hefty at north of €50. Let's...

Score 60/100

Edradour 13 Year Old 2001 Port Cask for Whisky Barrel Lanaken

Look, if you are a whisky shop and you dare come out with an Edradour bottling, then you are either in possession of bad taste or good humor. At least, that is what I would have said a couple years ago, when Edradour was in my mind still Edrasour. But in the last few years, I have learned differently. In the case of Whisky Barrel Lanaken, knowing...

Score 86/100