Edradour 2000 ‘Straight From The Cask’ Chardonnay Finish
Tasty Tastings Episode 42
For such a small distillery, Edradour has a remarkably wide range of different expressions. So what I want to do in the future is some sort miniseries where I compare an expression form their ‘Cask Matured’ Series (full matured in different wine casks, bottled at 46%) with its respective counterpart from their ‘Straight From The Cask’ Series (finished in different wine casks, bottled at cask strength). I am honestly excited to find out how the different maturation process and the different bottling strength fare against each other.
For the start I picked the Edradour 2003 Chardonnay Cask Matured (Batch 2) which will compete against the Edradour 2000 ‘Straight From The Cask’ Chardonnay Finish.
Facts
Name: | Edradour 2000 ‘Straight From The Cask’ Chardonnay Finish |
Distilled: | 30.06.2000 |
Disgorged / Into Cask: | 22.11.2008 |
Bottled: | 09.01.2013 |
Age: | 12 Years Old |
Category: | Single Malt Scotch Whisky |
Distillery: | Edradour |
Cask Type: | Ex-Bourbon Casks, Finish in Chardonnay Hogshead |
Number of Bottles: | 445 |
Strength: | 56.7% vol. |
Colored: | No |
Chill Filtered: | No |
Nose
Overripe fruit sweetness. Bananas, cinnamon buns, fudge and honeyed barley. The alcohol is merely noticeable at all.
Taste
Full-bodied but the alcohol burn is manageable. A lot of fruity sweetness. Ripe bananas, sweet limes and caramelized grapes. Honeycomb. A touch of colored pepper.
Finish
Long and rather mild. A big portion of baked honey bananas. Again a touch of pepper. Drying towards the end.
Overall
A big but not overpowered whisky with a lot of fruity sweetness.
Overall: 88 / 100
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