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Appearance: Showing a brilliant old-brass colour courtesy of the bourbon wood and that unique concentration through the ageing process.

Nose: this whisky jumps out of the glass with notes almost reminiscent of a great White Burgundy. Crushed river stones and struck flint alongside golden delicious apple and herbes de provence come across on the nose.

Palate: The palate is gentle as one would expect from the lower ABV but it is oily and viscous with a sensation of scented candle followed by sea salt, delicate earthy peat and a return of that golden delicious apple note.

Finish: Extremely long and gentle with the initial notes of crushed stones mingling with sea salt and stewed orchard fruit.

Colour: Full, rich dark gold.

Nose: Rich, complex fruit aromas with sherried, malty tones.

Flavour: Sherry, cognac, demerara rum characteristics alongside fruit, nuts and marzipan. Indulgent Christmas cake spiciness.

Finish: A whisky you never want to end and it almost feels as if it won't, the finish goes on forever with spice, decadent dark cocoa and forest floor.

Founded in 1871 as “The Great Distillery of Inchgower” near the fly fishing haven of Buckie on the River Spey, Inchgower is a true Blue-Blood of Speyside. Small scale by owners Diageo’s standards, the spirit running off of Inchgower’s stills is remarkably hard to find in official bottlings. Once a popular member of the Flora & Fauna stable it has been sadly discontinued and independent bottlings remain the prime outlet for this refined Speysider.

While Auchroisk shows notes of fresh-cut grass, Inchgower’s aromatic profile is more reminiscent of dried hay; red apple rather than green and summer flowers rather than spring blossoms. Its complexity is what has earned it a central role in the world famous Bell’s blended scotch whisky alongside stablemate Blair Athol and as it matures, that complexity comes in with unique elements of aniseed and even turmeric.

Best aged in Bourbon but no slouch in Sherry wood either, this is a versatile spirit and one that has show it can fetch admirable prices when bottled at an advanced age. We expect the discontinuation of the Flora & Fauna bottling coupled with the success of Indy icons such as That Boutique-y Whisky Company, Càrn Mor and Douglas Laing give this cask ample scope for value appreciation in the medium to long term.

We are pleased to have secured a number of 2021s in a year when many distillers are severely cutting their allocations of casks to the market and it is a particular coup's barrels specially selected for us; bourbon-sized barrels previously used for top-grade Oloroso sherry giving a smaller surface area than ex-sherry hogsheads, butts or puncheons. Therefore the whisky will develop relatively quickly, rewarding the years more profoundly than lower-quality, lower-cost refill barrels.

The peat is fine-grained, much more clearly highland peat than Islay or Coastal as it foregoes the iodine and TCP or boat oil, more reminiscent of an autumn bonfire somewhere in the distance. The sherry brings in the classic Macallan profile to work in perfect balance with that unique peat-inflected edge. A true masterpiece of the bottler's art. Just 690 crystal decanters filled at 47%.