The Whiskyphiles

Edradour

edradour-distillery

  • Founded: 1825
  • Status: Operational
  • Region: Highland, Scotland – Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5JP +44(0)1796 472095
  • Online: https://www.edradour.com/
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History Edradour distillery (Scottish Gaelic: Eadar Dhà Dhobhar, “between two rivers”) is a Highland single malt whisky distillery based in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Its owners claim it to be the smallest distillery in Scotland, but this title now belongs to Strathearn Distillery, also in Perthshire. It has been owned by the Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Company since 2002, and was previously owned by Pernod Ricard. Signatory, founded in 1988, is primarily an Independent bottler and is based in Pitlochry. Established in 1825, the distillery was traditionally run by three men, but now there are just two. Only eighteen casks are produced each week. They have a tour which costs £7.50 and currently includes two drams and a nosing glass. The wash still has a capacity of 4200 litres and the smaller spirit still 2200 litres. These stills are more than four times the size of the stills currently being used by Strathearn Distillery. A variety of whiskies are available from the distillery. Only the Edradour 10-year is chill-filtered, a process by which the esters and oils are removed, producing a cleaner look to the whisky, which when chilled or has ice added to it does not turn cloudy. There is, amongst others, a non-chill-filtered 12-year-old malt, some of which goes into the “House of Lords” and “Clan Campbell” blends.

The Whiskyphiles tasting notes

Official Bottling
  • ballechin-10-years-old-heavily-peated Ballechin 10 Years Old Heavily Peated 1st Release (2016) – Ballechin 10 Years Old 1st Release (46%, OB, 2014) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Signatory; Ballechin – Heavily Peated range ABV: 46% Cost: £41.95 What they say: Ballechin is the heavily peated distillation we have been making at Edradour Distillery since 2003. Distilled using barley which has been […]
  • Edradour 8 Years Old 2006 Super Tuscan Batch 1 (2014) – Edradour Super Tuscan 8 years old 2006 Batch1 (46%, OB, 2014) 46% ABV, £44.95 Score: 85/100 What they say: There have been a few noticeable bottlings of whisky matured in Super Tuscan wine casks as of late. Edradour have released this heavy bodied dram using their vast experience of wine cask maturation to bring something […]
  • Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 SFTC Sherry (2020) – Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 Straight From The Cask #49 whisky review: Delicious, very drinkable at cask strength this is quite open and sweet and well balanced between fruit and spices. Some spirit character comes through on the palate so not as over-sherried as the colour might suggest. 87/100
  • edradour-10-year-old-2005-cask-74-unchillfiltered-collection-signatory-whisky Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection (2020) – Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Sherry Cask #74 whisky review: Great nose with a heavy sherry influence but much more balanced on the palate, finishes with a lovely mouth-puckering dried fruits. 85/100
  • Edradour_10YO_dist_ed Edradour 10 Years Old Distillery Edition (2014) – Edradour 10 Years Old Distillery Edition (40%, OB, 2012) Highland single malt whisky 40% ABV, £30 for 70cl Score: 83/100 What they say: Nestled in a pocket glen, in the hills above Pitlochry in the southern highlands, lies Edradour, the smallest distillery in Scotland. The neat cluster of buildings, virtually unchanged in the last 150 […]
  • Edradour 11 Year Old Burgundy Finish Straight From The Cask Edradour 11 Years Old 2000 SFTC Burgundy Cask (2013) – Edradour 11 Years Old 2000 Straight from the Cask Burgundy Cask Finish (57.1%, OB, 436 bottles, 2011) Edradour Distillery 57.1% ABV, £50 for 50cl Score 85/100 What they say:  Edradour 11yo straight from the cask Burgundy cask finish. Outturn 436 bottles. 57.1% ABV. Distilled 30/6/2000 hogshead matured until 22/11/2008 into Burgundy cask. Bottled 18/07/2011 What […]
  • Edradour 12yo Ibisco Edradour 12 Years Old 1999 Cask 290 (2014) – Edradour 12 Years Old 1999 Natural Cask Strength [Cask #290] – Ibisco Decanter (Distillery Only) 58.7% ABV, £60 for 70cl Score: 88/100 What they say: Distilled on the 22nd June 1999 at Edradour Distillery and bottled on 4th February 2013, this 12 year old has been bottled at natural cask strength of 58.7% ABV into […]
  • edradour-2003-7th-release-bourbon-cask-matured-natural-cask-strength-ibisco-decanter-whisky Edradour 12 Years Old 2003 Natural Cask Strength (2017) – Edradour 12 Years Old 2003 7th Release Bourbon Cask (56.5%, OB, Bourbon Casks, 705 Bottles, 2014) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Edradour ABV: 56.5% Cost: £64.68 What they say: The 7th release of handsome Ibisco Decanters, full of Bourbon cask matured single malt from the Edradour distillery in […]
  • edradour-12-year-old-2003-11th-release-bourbon-cask-matured-natural-cask-strength-ibisco-decanter-whisky Edradour 12 Years Old 2003 Natural Cask Strength 11th Release (2019) – Edradour 12 Year Old 2003 11th Release Bourbon Cask Matured whisky review: Straightforward, massive bourbon maturation, hints of apples, cereal and butter from the spirit but this is mostly cask for me, takes water very well. 85/100
  • Edradour Chateneuf du Pape Straight From The Cask-single-malt-scotch-whisky Edradour 13 Years Old 2011 SFTC Chateauneuf du Pape finish (2013) – Edradour 13 Years Old 1997 Straight from the Cask (54.2%, OB, Chateauneuf du Pape finish, 436 bottles, 2011) Highland single malt scotch whisky 54.2% ABV, £45 for 50cl. Score 91/100 What they say: Edradour 13 year old chateauneuf du pape finish. Straight from the cask 1997. 436 bottle outturn. Distilled 19/11/1997, matured in hogsheads until […]
  • Edradour 14 Years Old 2000 Natural Cask Strength (2017) – Edradour 14 Years Old 2000 Sherry Cask #2003 (56.8%, OB, Sherry Cask #2003, 705 Bottles, 2014) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Edradour ABV: 56.8% Cost: £79.16 What they say: A cask strength bottling of Edradour single malt Scotch whisky, matured in a single Sherry cask (#2003, FYI). It […]
Independent Bottling
Signatory
  • edradour-10-year-old-2005-cask-74-unchillfiltered-collection-signatory-whisky Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection (2020) – Edradour 10 Years Old 2005 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection Sherry Cask #74 whisky review: Great nose with a heavy sherry influence but much more balanced on the palate, finishes with a lovely mouth-puckering dried fruits. 85/100
  • edradour-11-year-old-2002-cask-1269-un-chillfiltered-signatory-whisky Edradour 11 Years Old 2002 The Un-Chillfiltered Collection (2017) – Edradour 11 Years Old 2002 Cask #1206 UCF (46%, Signatory, Sherry Butt #1206, 932 Bottles 2014) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Edradour Distillery Bottling: Signatory Vintage; Un-Chillfiltered Collection, Cask #1206 ABV: 46% Cost: £40.33 What they say: Distilled 24.10.2002 at Edradour Distillery and bottled 30.06.2014 after 11 years maturation in Sherry Butt number 1206, […]