So, as it turns out Edradour has also jumped on the ‘we now make a sherried cask strength version of our whisky’ bandwagon. Similar to Glengoyne, GlenDronach, and many others. There is a big difference though, because Edradour put an age statement on the label, which I consider to be a very good thing. I like information!

What’s also new is that this an Edradour I used in a bottle-share. Which means that I now have shared an Edradour in a bottle-share, because that had not yet happened in the last 15 years or so. Mostly because I tend to find most Edradour whiskies pretty shit, but this one scored massively on Whiskybase, so I decided to give it a try. In the end it only happened because whisky friend GvB decided to want a large sample and take all remaining parts, and I had 6cl for myself.

Sniff:
This is a big whisky that’s on the verge of being overpowered by the cask. Luckily, in a way, Edradour has a massive spirit that is so weird it’s still noticeable. There’s hints of cheese, a milky creaminess, that I find distinctive for the distillery (Cheddradour?). There are plums and peaches of the dried variety on the nose as well.

Sip:
The palate is fierce with the high ABV which makes itself known with hints of black pepper, chili pepper, a rather dry flavor of oak, and some slightly bitter dried fruits. Plums, cherry stones. It’s really bringing a lot of bite.

Swallow:
The finish is still quite hot and doesn’t mellow fast. Quite peppery, but with bitter notes to make it rather cask driven. It’s a bit more milky than the palate was, more like the nose in that way.

So, yeah, I can see why this is popular. Big sherried whiskies are always popular and this one is not different. Also it is a lot better than I’m used to from the Pitlochry distillery, so there’s some points for that too!

What also helps is that it is acceptably priced at about € 100 (slightly lower in Germany).

86/100