A Single Cask hand-selected by Scott Ferguson, the man who has distilled and matured every cask at Eden Mill, Release #1 is a lightly peated single malt matured in an ex-Amarone red wine cask from Northern Italy. The spirit was made from 100% peated malted barley, with peat sourced from St Fergus in Aberdeenshire and a phenol level of 20–30 PPM. The delicate peat smoke intertwines with the wine cask's rich red-fruit influence in a distinctive yet harmonious way. Notes of velvety fig, maritime brine, leather and cigar tobacco. The cask brings great depth, layering black cherry and dark chocolate on top of the peat. Full bodied and rich, with flavour that keeps unravelling through a long, lingering finish. Of the casks filled at the original distillery, only around 5% (roughly 40) held peated spirit. Of that, just two were filled into Amarone wine casks, making this release a truly rare and unique whisky. Bottled at batch strength 53.1% ABV where Scott feels the liquid is showing its best. Limited to 311 bottles.
