Ballechin 20 year old 1st-fill Port Pipe #347

Profile: The Ballechin 20 year old 1st-fill Port Pipe #347 at a glance

• Birthday-Ballechin: 20 year old Single Cask from a port pipe
• From one of the smallest distilleries in Scotland: Edradour is the little jewel of the Scottish Highlands - Ballechin the peated version
• Limited Edition with individual numbering - only 691 bottles were filled

Portrait: What makes the Ballechin 20 year old 1st-fill Port Pipe #347 special

What does malt with at least 50 ppm smoke content and maturation in a variety of Cask types produce? Variety, depth and multi-dimensional smoking pleasure. This is what the Ballechin brand from “Scotland’s Little Gem”, the Edradour Distillery, stands for. Manufactured to a large extent as it was when the legendary favorite distillery of many whisky fans was founded, the Highland Single Malts from Ballechin are the peatiest that Edradour has to offer.

A special single malt Cask bottling celebrates the birthday of Andrew Symington Jr. Distilled on July 25, 2004, the day of his birth, and bottled on July 25, 2024, the heavily peated Ballechin spent 2004/2024 a full 20 years in a single first fill port pipe.

The deep ruby ​​and amber colored single malt reveals notes of rich black cherries, ripe figs, dried dates and complex spices - harmoniously and cleverly combined with the ripe smoke and peat that you would expect from Ballechin. A hint of fresh cigars, dark chocolate and antique wood lingers in the finish.

Distilled: July 25, 2004
Bottled: July 25, 2024
Cask-No.: #347
Outturn: 691 bottles

Tasting Notes: This is how the Ballechin 20 year old 1st-fill Port Pipe #347 tastes like

• Nose: strong smoke, then sweet Port wine aromas and thick black cherries, fresh figs and dates are present, behind them some marzipan and spicy aromas
• Palate: full and rich in taste - the cherries again and the dried fruits, a light malt note and spicy hints - thick peat smoke over everything
• Finish: long in the finish - peat smoke again, plus dark chocolate and old wood - a touch over everything fresh cigars