Edradour 1997 Natural Cask #555

Edradour 10 Year Old

The nose reminds me of Clynelish; sweet, fruity, and briny. When I first tasted this stuff I was quite surprised. Very creamy, with spice and honey coming through. The finish is fresh, salty, and vegetal. This doesn't taste anything like I was expecting. A paradoxical dessert scotch.

Score 91/100

Edradour 7 Year Old 2006 Ornellaia Cask Sample

At a festival in Belgium some whisky writers and bloggers, myself included, were invited by Andrew Symington for a tasting. He wanted to prove that Edradour’s dubious reputation was undeserved and brought some stuff from the warehouses. He did not wholly succeed with this cask sample of a 7 year Old, not yet on the market, that matured on...

Score 83/100

Edradour 7 Year Old 2003 Natural Cask Strength 1st Release

Edradour has a somewhat dubious reputation. A bit like Auchentoshan (let me be the first to say it). That is why this week, I will try nothing but Edradour and Ballechin. Might turn out to become a very long week. Or maybe I will be pleasantly surprised. Ready? Let us start with this 1st release in the Natural Cask Strength series, a 7 Year Old...

Score 82/100

Edradour Eilean Dubh "The Dark One"

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", a malt matured in a Sherry cask. It is delivered in cask strength in nice little bottles of 500 ml. The nose of "The Dark One"...

Score 65/100