Ballechin 13 year old Cask Strength Edition Batch #001

Profile: The Ballechin 13 year old Cask Strength Edition Batch #001 at a glance

• Bonfire for smoke fans: Ballechin 13 year old at cask strength!
• Heavy cask aging: Matured in former bourbon and sherry casks
• New design: The heavily peated single malt in a new guise



Portrait: What makes the Ballechin 13 Year old Cask Strength Edition Batch #001 special.

Founded in 1825, Edradour had changing owners - from the New York mafia to Andrew Symington, the man behind Signatory Vintage. Production has hardly changed: Edradour works largely as in the 19th century, including with original equipment. Long a legend among single malt fans, the Highland distillery bottles its most peaty single malts under the Ballechin brand, distilled from malt with at least 50ppm phenolic content.

Freshly designed, the Ballechin 13 years old demonstrates the harmony of peat smoke and fruit. The "heavily peated" whisky matured in both bourbon and sherry casks. At 54.9% vol. Cask Strength it unfolds campfire smoke with plums and wood spices as well as raisins and salted pistachios.

Bottled: April 2023
 

Tasting Notes: This is how the Ballechin 13 Year old Cask Strength Edition Batch #001 tastes 

• Nose: intense peat smoke and ripe fruit aromas in wonderful harmony
• Palate: full-bodied and strong in taste - clearly ripe Plums and spicy oak - behind them juicy raisins and roasted and salted pistachios - strong peat smoke above all
• Finish: long finish - lots of peat and spicy wood - the sweet fruits recede a bit