Edradour 1996 12 Year Old Madeira Finish
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Review by @tjb
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This is the 1997 distilled edition, stored until 20097 and then finished in Madeira casks from May 07 until bottling in august 2010. This is a single cask edition and there are only 529 bottles.
The colour is Golden amber with good legs for a 12 year old.
Nose: Deep honey, musty, oak, white pepper,. Sweet ruby port rich with fruit including cherries, raisins and plums.
Palate: Sweet and spicy. Viscous, thick and smooth with a silky mouth feel. Vanilla and fruity.
Finish: Honey, slight menthol hint, smoke,
This is a wonderfully made expression. It is considerably better than anything else I have tried fro this distillery. It is stunningly good, complex, wonderfully thick, smooth and fruity. The best made single malt I have drank in a long while. Top marks!
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Edradour is massively hit or miss IMO. Their releases are either spot-on or naff, (ie there is no middle class).
I've tried the standard 10YO, (boring and uninspiring), and the Caledonia 12YO, (a long time ago, can't remember the details except that I loved it).
A couple of years ago I tried a young (6YO?) cask strength port finish release that tasted of rubber and not much else - it was also ridiculously over-priced. And then more recently the Chateauneuf-du-Pape finish from the same range as this review which was absolutely divine!