Cooper's Choice Inchgower 1980, Sherry Cask

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 57 by Michael Jackson and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Instant complexity. Ginger cake, ripe fruit, dessert wine. Dried figs. Honey? Later, some acetone. A faint, savoury undertone. Smoke? Palate Rich, creamy. Dried fruits. Woody. Yorkshire Parkin. Treacle pudding. Finish Rich and dark. Burnt treacle tart, liquorice. Comment Mature. Complex. A little woody for sure, but plenty of pleasant things going on elsewhere in this contemplative dram.

Arthur Motley Nose Cola bottles, plum pudding and autumn leaves. Maraschino cherries, venison with a berry sauce. More dried floral character with water. Palate More of that cola bottle note, with dark fruits too and some sulphur. Finish More sulphur: roast beef and peanuts. Comment I enjoyed it, but I am sensitive to that sulphur/meaty character of certain sherry casks. That finish is a hindrance to the drink, not a help.