Month: March 2018

Whisky #523: Edradour 2006 Bourbon Cask Matured 10 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt

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Edradour 2006 Bourbon Cask Matured 10 Year Old Cask Strength Single Malt. Highlands, Scotland. ABV: 60.2%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $17 (50mL bottle split from Casa de Vinos).

Colour: Liquid sunshine.

Nose: Straw, vanilla and fresh pine furniture pulled straight out of the IKEA flatpack box. My trusted whisky tasting lieutenant Kiwi gets lemon aromas along with some barley and sunflower seeds.

Palate: Powerful and intense – a dry mouthfeel but with bucketloads of flavour. Toasted malt, hay and cereal notes with a salty lemon tang. Not sweet at all, quite sharp but very moreish.

Finish: Preserved lemons. A dry timber paddle pop stick on your tongue at the doctor when you’re made to open your mouth wide and say “ahhhh”.

Comments: This one leaves a long salty tingle on the front of the palate and around the lips, making you want to lick them before diving back for another sip. Quite different to the more creamy mouthfeel whiskies I’ve had previously from Edradour, but the difference should definitely be celebrated. A top drop.

Whisky #522: Bladnoch Adela 15 Year Old Single Malt

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Bladnoch Adela 15 Year Old Single Malt. Lowlands, Scotland. ABV: 46.7%. Tasted at Whisky a Day HQ, $16 (50mL sample from Casa de Vinos).

Colour: Jaded copper.

Nose: Sweet hay, creamed cheese and a touch of honey. It’s an incredibly light nose.

Palate: A surprising pepper hit to start, then freshly toasted brown bread, and a slight crisp orange candy in dark chocolate kind of flavour.

Finish: Chilli spice and a tingle on the tip of the tongue to fade.

Comments: For a Lowlands malt, this was  unexpectedly spicy. The more whiskies I try, the more I appreciate those producers that go against the grain in terms of supposed terrior or regional style, or indeed push the boundaries in terms of production and maturation methods. This isn’t your stereotypical Lowlands whisky and that’s absolutely fine by me.