Description

Inchgower Aged 12 Years Original Collection Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Cadenhead (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 46%           Age: 12 Years Old            Country: Scotland

Scotch Whisky is known the world-over by the Brand names of large blending companies. These blends are the mixture of the products of various distilleries which were originally independent family owned units. Until the middle of the 20th century there were many small firms that bottled and sold the pure product of the local distilleries. Since Victorian times the firm of William Cadenhead has provided this service. However a diminution of public interest caused the small bottling companies to close down. Only a small handful of distilleries still remain in the ownership of their founding families and even fewer of the bottling companies remain active, William Cadenhead is one of the notable survivors.

Recent revival of interest in the whisky from different single distilleries has caused a surge of new firms to emerge. Many do not actually control their bottling operations and unfortunately feel it necessary to invest fictitious ancestries. However William Cadenhead has a well established pedigree and the experience of over one and a half centuries ensures that our customers can truly rely on what we put in a bottle. They guarantee that they never chill-filter or chemically alter the products that they bottle nor do they add colouring agents. Each of their bottlings of whisky, and indeed of their rums and cognacs, comes from an individually selected cask.

The Inchgower Distillery was built in 1871 by Alexander Wilson & Company to replace the Tochineal distillery but liquidated in 1903. In 1938 the ownership was transferred to Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd and to this day the Bell’s logo is used in the advertising of Inchgower. Producing around 2,000,000 litres of spirit annually the distillery is now owned and operated by Diageo and is used as major component in Bell’s blended whisky.

This single malt whisky was distilled at the Inchgower Distillery. It was matured in a combination of 60% ex-sherry casks, 20% ex-bourbon and 20% ex-madeira casks for no less than 12 years. It was bottled at 46% ABV as part of the Cadenhead Original Collection offerings.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Toasted oak, good quality sherry, orange oil, dark chocolate and cocoa, spice.

Palate: Sherry, dark dried fruits, toasted sugar, apricot jam, gentle spice, vanilla sponge.

Finish: Dried fruits, soft spices and some underlying toasted nuttiness.