Unusual highland whisky from the Edradour distillery, heavily peated at 50 ppm phenol. The color is rich due to the maturation in sherry casks. The nose is peaty. That's about all I could get from the nose. The taste is peaty as well, very powerful and at 46% ABV its mouth coating and full bodied. Did I mention the peat? Interestingly it doesn't have quite the same the medicinal qualities found in the many of the heavily peated Islay or maritime whiskies. With a little water is possible to get past the peat and a few sweet notes can be detected like marshmallow, brown sugar and the sherry from the cask is also there. But to paraphrase the Fast Show "mostly I have been drinking peat". The good news is if you like peat, you will love this.
