Berry's Own Selection Inchgower 1980

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 62 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Plenty of stone fruit and vanilla. A Viognier like fleshy peachiness as well as a certain oiliness, but it’s peaches from a parallel universe. Fruit, Jim, but not quite as we know it. Mature, with a flor-like nuttiness. Yeasty. It’s all intriguingly odd. Palate Great age on show here, manages to balance the oak with a toffee-ed depth. Finish Nut shell. Comment Just lacks a little length. Not as pure as the 74, but I like its weirdness.

Arthur Motley Nose Both jammy and meaty, think of venison and redcurrant jelly. Water turned it a bit grubby, but this note settled to become like an earthy, forest floor. Some sweet, wine-like fruitness is there too. Palate Sweet and jammy, then drying. Finish Tannic, with a dry and husky, aftertaste like you get when you chew peated barley. Comment Choose the 1974 over this one, although if you are a fan of sherry cask led malt this may be your thing.