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Country | Scotland |
Region | Nothern Highlands |
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Alcohol percentage | 46 |
Volume | 0,70 |
Condition | In original container |
Label | Perfect |
Stock | 0 |
Colour: light gold.
Nose: seemingly rooouuunded, smooooth, with some vaniiiilla (that’ll do, S.), brioche, toasted oak, white chocolate, café latte and only then, a little varnish and bubblegum. A little sawdust too, but since you’re wondering, no or little pencil shavings. Typical nice grain, but not sure ‘nice’ is such good a word here.
Mouth: it’s not quite vodka-caramel, and indeed you could think of some slightly stuffy cheesecake. It’s just that it’s also pretty sugary, with a feeling of cane syrup I’m not too fond of. It’s me, it’s not the whisky.
Finish: good length, sweet, caramely, chocolaty. ‘Cheesecaky’ indeed but that would not be the much lighter Mitteleuropa cheesecake.
Comments: it’s great whisky, but I don’t like it too much. As I said, it’s not the whisky, it’s me. Too sweet for me, but then again, I’m sure it’s great.
Gal Granov:
Nose: Lemon sherbet on top of sweet vanilla cheesecake. Lemon rind. Cereals. Pine needles. Wood varnish and a hint of balsamic.
Palate: Sweet cereals with a sharp peppery note. Golden syrup. Lots of sugar and sweet juices. Lemon rind and quite a few pencil boxes (wood). Drying with a cinnamon note.
Finish: Dry. Wood. Crushed coffee beans.
This is a lovely example of a lovely, well aged grain from Invergordon. Quite lemony and also woody, and refreshing. A nice summer sipping whisky. Can’t say this blew my mind, but I liked it quite a bit. A good example of good grain whiskies.