Bottle Details
SMWS Code
18.51
Distillery
Inchgower
ABV
60.5%
Age
15 Years
Cask
Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 1st Fill Spanish Oak Oloroso Hogshead
Distilled
September 2007
Region
Speyside
Flavor Profile
Deep, Rich & Dried Fruits
Category
Scotch
The whisky opens with sweet dark fruits baked in honey, young armagnac, prunes, and fig jam, followed by earthy petrichor and charcoal embers with polished hardwoods. With water, it reveals stem ginger, coffee porter, chocolate milkshake, black miso, and liquorice, presenting a balanced interplay between sweet and dry notes.
The palate is immediately earthy and rich, displaying game meats, broths, tarragon, strong black tea, and dark chocolate with sea salt. Upon reduction, walnut wine, dates, gingerbread, paprika, fennel seeds, and dark fruits stewed in calvados emerge.
The finish is complex and layered, with the oloroso cask maturation adding depth through dried fruit and spiced oak influences that linger gracefully on the palate.
A lovely initial nose opened with sweet dark fruits baked in honey, young armagnac, prunes, fig jam and flower honey. After an earthy note of petrichor, we found charcoal embers and polished hardwoods. With water we got stem ginger, coffee porter beer, chocolate milkshake, black miso and liquorice; a lovely balance between sweet and dry. The palate was immediately earthy, rich and full of game meats, broths, tarragon, strong black tea and dark chocolate with sea salt. Reduction brought out walnut wine, dates, gingerbread, paprika, fennel seeds and dark fruits stewed in calvados. After maturing for 12 years in a bourbon hogshead, this was transferred to a first fill Spanish oak oloroso hogshead.