Review by: The Muskox

This is a slightly weird bottling of Edradour, as it’s a vatting of their peated and unpeated spirits.

… I don’t have anything else interesting to say. Let’s get into it!

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Distillery: Edradour.

Bottler: Official bottling.

Region: Highlands.

ABV: 46%.

Age: 8 years old. Distilled in 2010 and 2011. Bottled in 2020.

Cask type: 3 Ballechin (peated) bourbon casks, #317, #320, and #324, and 1 Edradour (unpeated) sherry cask, #486.

Color: Pale gold. No colour added, un-chillfiltered.

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Nose: Peaty and medicinal, but mostly sweet. Fresh-squeezed orange juice and tart gooseberry. Rich barley sugar and chocolate lava cakes. Earthy and band-aid-y peat smoke.

Palate: Oily texture. Immediately earthy and peat. Bandaids, woodsmoke, forest cabin. Tomacco! Kalamata olives. Goat cheese covered in dried herbs? Sweeter notes underneath: sticky caramel, plums, and malt.

Finish: Medium, bitter and earthy at first but turning sweet. Chocolate orange. Caramel. Peppery herb smoke. A little bit of the sherry cask coming through here.

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Possible SMWS bottling name: “Tomacco mimosa tapas”

Notes: Good whisky, but probably the weakest Ballechin I’ve had. I say Ballechin because that’s far and away the dominant component here. This is on the medicinal side, even for Ballechin, which I’m not always a huge fan of. That chocolate cake note in there is really nice, and there are some interesting savoury notes in there, but overall it’s a bit too earthy-medicinal-bitter to be a real winner for me.

Final Score: 79.

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Scoring Legend:

• 95-100: As good as it gets. Jaw-dropping, eye-widening, unforgettable whisky.
• 90-94: Sublime, a personal favorite in its category.
• 85-89: Excellent, a standout dram.
• 80-84: Quite good. Quality stuff.
• 75-79: Decent whisky worth tasting.
• 70-74: Meh. It’s definitely drinkable, but it can do better.
• 60-69: Not so good. I might not turn down a glass if I needed a drink.
• 50-59: Save it for mixing.
• 0-49: Blech.