Review #319 - Edradour 10 Year Super Tuscan Single Cask
Edradour has bottled a plethora of single casks over the years, both in their unpeated 'Edradour' line and their peated 'Ballechin' line. They've tried just about every cask type, as well, often employing a full maturation instead of a finishing cask. Here's an unusual one: a 10 year old Super Tuscan Cask Matured bottling, which has a distillation vintage of 2011.
Super Tuscan wine is not official wine terminology, but it generally refers to red wines made in Tuscany, Italy, which do not conform to the rules of the Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC), Italy's wine regulations that ensure a standard of quality. Sometimes, this is because these Super Tuscan wines use international grape varieties, though they're often blends that also include Sangiovese grapes.
Edradour 10 Year Super Tuscan Single Cask
Scotland/Highland - Single Malt
Current Locally Available Price: USD 126 (2024)
Age Statement: 10 Years
Strength: 58.4% ABV
Cask Makeup: ex-Super Tuscan wine cask
Details: Distilled April 1, 2011; bottled August 26, 2021; 273 bottles, cask no. 136
Tasting Methodology: Reviewed 1 time; bottle at 70% fill level at time of review. Tasted in a Glencairn glass, rested 10-15 minutes
Nose: Quite fruity up front - apples, yellow apples specifically. Despite the strength, it's somewhat mellow; with time, more malty character comes out, and we get a bit of white chocolate.
Palate: A medium-thick mouthfeel, nicely warming, and the apples return from the nose, along with some red fruit. Red apples, apple pie, and vanilla add sweet flavors, and there's more malt backbone as well. With more air time, a strong fudge note arrives.
Finish: Medium-long, with lingering fruity character. The malt component increases, bring with it a slightly chalky taste; hints of chocolate return, white chocolate and milk chocolate.
Final Note: An interesting, tasty whisky - nice combination of apple flavors and chocolates. The strength brings a soft warmth, but it's never overwhelming heat; instead it makes the flavors punchy. We enjoyed the malty aspect, too, showing that the spirit is still intact despite the strong cask influence.
These single cask, cask strength Edradour bottlings can be a bit expensive - that's the case here. Very good flavor, but our value score is more middling.
Our Average Rating: 7.5 / 10
In the current whisky landscape of increasing prices and variable quality, we've added a value rating to our reviews that relates to the score and the available pricing of each whisky. This roughly equates to a 0-10 scale; no reviews so far have exceeded a score of 10, although it is technically possible for the formula to produce a value rating higher than 10 with a high enough score and low enough price.
Value Rating: 5.98
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