Bottle Details
SMWS Code
112.94
Distillery
Inchmurrin / Inchmoan (Loch Lomond Distillery)
ABV
56%
Age
20 Years
Cask
2nd Fill Ex-Bourbon Barrel
Vintage
2000
Region
Highland
Flavor Profile
Sweet, Fruity & Mellow
Category
Scotch
The whisky presents a sumptuous and dense nose featuring Juicy Fruit chewing gum, syrupy malt extract, oak vanillin, and spiced exotic fruit chutneys with distinct notes of guava, mango puree, flambéed banana, and overripe papaya. Water reveals medicinal and aromatic dimensions, including sandalwood, ink, beach pebbles, fir cones, and myrtle, creating an intensely complex and captivating profile.
On the palate, the whisky is wonderfully herbal, oily, and textural, displaying mulling spices, clotted cream, melon cordial, Thai basil, mineral oils, aged green Chartreuse, and cinnamon pastries. The addition of water amplifies the oily mouthfeel while introducing camphor, hessian, wax, and soot, alongside savoury notes of miso and cod liver oil before culminating in pure exotic fruits caramelising in brown sugar.
The finish is sublime, with the whisky maintaining its complexity and layered fruit character as the spiced and savoury elements gradually fade.
A sumptuous and wonderfully dense nose greeted us, full of Juicy Fruit chewing gum, syrupy malt extract, oak vanillin and spiced exotic fruit chutneys. Specific notes of guava, mango puree, flambeed banana and pulpy, overripe papaya. Water added a medicinal thread and brought aromatic notes of sandalwood, ink, beach pebbles, fir cones and myrtle. Intensely complex, deep and hugely captivating. In the mouth we found it wonderfully herbal, oily and textural. This complexity persisted, along with mulling spices, clotted cream, melon cordial, Thai basil, mineral oils, aged green Chartreuse and cinnamon pastries. Water seemed to make it thicker, oilier, with more camphor, hessian, wax, soot and bouillon stock. Savoury notes of miso, cod liver oil and then a reversion to pure exotic fruits caramelising in brown sugar. Sublime!