For Scotch Lovers Whisky Selection: Edradour 2003 Port Cask #379 – Scotch Whisky News
Hello Fellow Scotch Lovers –
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: “size matters”. This weeks Whisky Wednesday offering is all about size…as in size small. A small production whisky, from the smallest distillery in Scotland.
Once again, the relationships that resulted from my trip to Scotland this past April have paid off. And so this week I am thrilled to be able to offer you a very rare bottle of Edradour 2003 Port Cask #379 Whisky. Produced by Edradour, the smallest distillery in Scotland, the whisky is not chill-filtered, and was bottled in 2009.
What is really wonderful about this whisky is the fact that it isn’t finished after the usual maturation on bourbon or sherry casks. Instead, this whisky is fully matured in port bodega butts previously used to mature port for a period of at least 20 years. The color is a bit like rosé wine, but a shade darker. This release is from a batch of 10 such port casks, put to sleep in November 2003.
This is a limited production whisky, with only four releases in total planned. But with our man Nicky-The-Neck on the job, we’ve been able to secure more than our fair share.
The ForScotchLovers retail price is only $72.50. If you’re interest, please purchase your bottle(s) ASAP. We have a limited inventory available to us, and once they’re gone, they are gone.
Doug Stone
Founder
EDRADOUR 2003 PORT CASK #379 WHISKY
EDRADOUR 2003 PORT CASK WHISKY – TASTING NOTES
Colour – Like rosé wine, but a bit darker
Aroma – Wave after wave of aromatic ecstasy…like riding a bicycle through a flower garden: Dark berries, redcurrant, gooseberries (a whole jar of berry jam). Creamy coffee liqueur (like Baileys) with quite a bit of spices.
Palate – Crisp with loads of fruit – exotic like strawberry and pineapple – extremely sweet (even more than on the nose) and very clean.
Finish – Long and luscious fruit finish. If that’s up your alley, then you’ll surely appreciate this Edradour.
ABOUT THE EDRADOUR DISTILLERY
Edradour is the smallest whisky distillery in Scotland; possibly the smallest legal distillery of any kind in the world. John Reid and his two assistants hand-craft Edradour without automation, using skills handed down through generations…
It takes the man-power of just three men to produce Edradour – three men whose expertise and attention to detail produces the most unique malt whisky in the world.
Using skills handed down over the generations, the men of Edradour distillery follow the standards of those who have gone before. John Reid, David Ramsbottom and James Kennedy continue to produce the finest single malt whisky available.
Although we take tours to Edradour and like this wee distillery very much, I have to disagree with the comment; smallest distillery. We also take people to Daft Mill, much smaller, Red River on the Outer Hebrides is also smaller.