Ballechin 18 Year Old Cask Strength (57.8%)

Ballechin is the heavily peated single malt made at the Edradour distillery in the Highlands, here at 18 years old. The malt is peated to at least 50ppm with Highland peat. This is the second small batch release of the 18 year old, matured in a combination of sherry and bourbon casks and released in September 2024. It is non-chill-filtered, of natural colour and bottled at a cask strength of 57.8%. Intense peat smoke and spicy oak lead the nose, with fresh malt sweets and ripe dark fruits. On the palate, peat and malt meet plums, cherries, chocolate and toffee, and the long finish brings peat, oak and barley malt.