Edradour 10 Year The Distillery Edition

The sherry on this is great with a bit of funk. A bit of honey and apples that spent time near a bonfire.

Ok so Ive never heard of the smallest distillery before. I read some good reviews and like something different so why not. This is one of the best 10-12 yr single malt I have ever had. I wonder if someone screwed up during bottling as this is so dark it looks like an 18 yr. Nose has dates and prunes with raisins all meshed together with some malt and barrel. Very refined with no ethanol interfering. Again seems way older than 10 years. Oily mouthfeel leads palate of heavy dark malty fruits, macadamia nut butter with some silty earthy farm like peat, light wispy smoke and some toasted barrel. Its rich and succulent and (broken record) tastes much older. Finish gives a little bit of tannic bitter note but the sherry cask wine notes and spicy barrel offset. Malt and gentle smoke help as well. I got this for $54 and feel its amazing value and an absolute blockbuster for a 10 yr. This dominates with excellent flavor depth, complexity and a rich smoothness usually reserved for much older scotch. I am going after everything made by this distillery .......91/100........as crazy as it sounds this reminds me of the Glendronach18 profile( lesser version of course)........Here's a bold statement: I'll take this over 12 yrs from Glendronach, Macallan and Highland Park........I will say again I seriously think there may be an error as this shit is so dark I cannot believe its only 10 yrs and yes it clearly says natural color on bottle

sweetness, berry, mid-high pep, grapes, complexity 3 sweetness, berry, pleasant but one dimensional, oaky, saltiness 2 oaky woody 2 2.25 flat, lacks depth, some sweetness, high pep, candy, mellow 1 flat, sour, some sweetness, low pep, lack complexity but it is generally a very gentle drink that i can imagine those that hate the taste of whisky might enjoy. But not for me though, not the character that i sought for 1 low sustain, cough syrup 1