Edradour 9 years old (D.2012, B.2022) The Ultimate /59,2%/ – The Ultimate Whisky Company was founded by Han and Maurice van Wees in Amersfoort, Holland in 1994. The van Weeses bottle their whisky unchill-filtered and of natural color, either at cask strength or at 46% abv, and each bottle is numbered with cask details stated on the label. Since 1994 over 1000 expressions have been released under ‘The Ultimate’ label. Here we have one of the most recent releases, Edradour 9 years old. The whisky distilled on November 2, 2012 was aged in first fill sherry butt no. 488, then bottled at natural strength of 59.2% abv and without chill-filtration on March 16, 2022. The butt produced 562 bottles.
Nose: strong sherry notes, buckwheat honey, prunes, dried dates, cherries, rum-soaked raisins, hazelnuts, dark chocolate, black pepper, touch of leather and oak.
Palate: treacle, dark chocolate, espresso, raisins, bitter orange marmalde, roasted almonds, nutmeg, cinnamon, sherried oak, and a faint hint of sulphur.
Finish: medium long, with notes of sherry, dark chocolate, raisins, black pepper, nutmeg and oak.
