Edradour Bourbon Cask Matured Natural Cask Strength

I love Edradour, it is a single malt that i crave for its finests sherry bombs, lovely reddish color and intense aroma. I am used to the "Ibisco" decanter which look a lot like a Milk bottle, but i have never tried their golden color expressions. Golden do you say? Yes. A notoriously different Edradour that you can guess is matured only in bourbon barrels and not sherry. This is a review for a 2012 vintage, 10yo, bottled at 58.9%abv, bourbon cask matured single malt, drawn from the casks No. 223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 229 + 230 as it states in the bottle. On the nose, it is exactly what you expect. Bananas, light rum, stinky vanilla, glazed ham... and maybe slight peat??. It is a vanilla ice cream. On the palate, it has a very well delivered fancy vanilla taste. Brie cheese and lots of different spices. Aftertaste follows the rythm. Peppery, spicy, bananas and coconut. Bronzer. Overall, the powerful 58.9%abv has drawn the most classic notes you can ever get from bourbon casks. The vanilla sweetness, bananas and coconut are simply uncanny. I feel this is a very balanced dram an for a 10 year old is worth trying. My score for it is 88 over 100.

Nose is rum raisins, chocolate cherry cordials, blood oranges, hazelnuts, apple tarts, and slight cappuccino lightening mildly as it transitions into more citrus-forward notes on the palate, with sherry sweetness, fruitcake, dried leaves, and mild sultanas hiding deep underneath the rich palate. Finish is long and slightly bitter, with figs, raisins, and faint tobacco leaf presiding. Very similar to Aberlour A'Bunadh, but manages to be a sherry bomb without as big a sherry sweetness, and not as much heat for only being bottled at a slightly lower proof (A'Bunadh is at 120). A'Bunadh as I recall had a bit more solvent-character and papaya and honey on the finish, along with a bit of peppery-ness which are absent in the Edradour. Stellar in every respect.

A- amber-2, high viscosity With water: N- fruity, orange peels, tangerine, green apples, vanilla, honey, oak P- spicy arrival, a bit sharp ( got better with more water added), full, rich, oily, honey, vanilla, toffee, green apples, tangerine, orange peels, lemons, oak F- long finish, sweet- fruity-woody aftertaste C- wanted to try this one for a while since Edradour mainly do sherry cask whisky I have to tell you I was a very skeptical at the beginning but this dram delivers, a pleasant experience

If you're ever in one of those Neo/Morpheus moments, with the bottle on your left being the Bourbon Cask Strength and the one on your right being the Sherry, pick this one. It's delicious! Admittedly the nose is one-dimensional, though someone with an X-Men mutation may encounter barley and yeast. It's basically floral. In your mouth you come across grapefruit and hazelnut – it's very good but not great. As for the finish… Picture a virgin on his honeymoon.

Predominantly citric on the nose, with some chocolate milk, baking spices and faint floral notes emerging before the first sip. The mouthful is full bodied, with oranges, nutmeg, and fresh oak on the palate. The finish is of medium length with a slightly mentholated aftertaste. Good whisky overall.

Add as much or as little water as you want to this 59.2% ABV beauty. Water doesn't hurt it. Sweet and complex. Nose, mouth and finish wonderful. If you want an amazing whisky that's unpeated and non-sherried, give this a try.