A peated release from Edradour, this edition of Ballechin (named for a now silent distillery) was finished in Madeira casks.
Pungent, damp hay. Muddy peat, refined smoke, herbal.
Rounded. Thick peat. Gentle toffee sweetness creeps in, spices, peppery Hay, earthen, grapey.
Long, hay, espresso, tannic.
I've never tasted anything quite like this since Henry Douglas fell into the sheep dip at the end o the season at Horsleyhill and Auld Aitken bottled it and selt it off as Douglas Best arroon New Years Time. At 12/- a bottle hei selt hundreds o them.
