ABV: 43 %
Origin: Speyside
Type: Single Malt
Bottles in collection: 0
Emptied bottles: 1
Impression: 4/5

Tasting notes
Nose: This is sweet and fruity. At first there’s a mix of green fruits, vanilla and marzipan. There are baking spices, especially cinnamon, in there as well. It’s a mellow and easy to access nose and it’s very dessert-like. Underneath everything lies a riper peaty note though, and it increases with time in the glass. There’s not too much depth, but it gives the whole some much needed complexity. This is a great and very balanced nose on an easy access level.

Mouth: It starts out with a much maltier and thicker center part. It’s very mellow from the start. There’s a squeeze of lemon in the back and the riper, gritty note is more pronounced. There’s still green fruits, vanilla and marzipan, but everything has increased in size. It has an ethanol side which brings it down a little and it sort of obscures the nice notes underneath. There’s a touch of dry soil in there and there’s peat but it takes a good while to recognize it. At this point it feels much younger than its age.

Finish: The finish starts out with the spicyness slowly spreading out over the palate. The green fruits and the ripe note are now sitting, together with a gritty peaty note and the lemon, in the back and the front is baking spices and gooseberries. The oakiness finally shows up and it’s a very nice oakiness which brings along some notes of age. The finish is quite long, yet it lingers in a very laid back fashion. The lemon note grows stronger in the end which is a nice touch. This is a great whisky with more to it than meets the eye (palate). It evolves over time and just becomes better and better.

Additional information
There is no information to be found on the aging process of this whisky. It’s the only standard release of Inchgower, yet it is limited.

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