Inchgower 14-year-old, one of the Flora and Fauna series, is complex and intriguing with a sweet palate and a dry, spiced finish.
The Flora and Fauna series, a range of whiskies bottled from various intriguing distilleries, features each bottle adorned with an illustration of an animal. Inchgower whisky, often used in blends, is relatively rare, making it challenging to find a bottle from this quietly elegant distillery.
Available in a 700ml bottle, at 43% abv.
TASTING NOTES
APPEARANCE
Deep amber.
NOSE
Rich and deep and a hint of toffee. After a while offers some short-crust pastry and fruit, like greengage tart or damson pie. Then it settles and becomes lighter and vaguely 'gun-metal' - a mix of metal, gun oil and cordite, but all very faint. With water, it freshens up but gives little away. For a time there is an unmistakable scent of horse chestnuts - green and nutty - but after a while, it becomes much sweeter and more floral, like acacia honey.
TASTE
Sweet overall, but also curiously mouth-drying, with some salt and traces of oil.
FINISH
A saccharine-bitter finish that leaves an aftertaste of almonds.
