Inchgower The Managers’ Choice 15 Years Old 1993

On the Cromarty side of the Moray Firth, Inchgower distils a coastal, savoury malt that has fed Bell's and other Diageo blends for decades. This is a Managers' Choice single cask from Diageo's 2009 official series, distilled in 1993, from the distillery's United Distillers and early Diageo era, released at 15 years old. Single cask 7917 gave 564 bottles, released for Europe.

The distillery's spirit is built for body rather than elegance, nutty and waxy with a coastal salt note unusual for Speyside. This bottling matured in an Oloroso sherry cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 61.9%, without dilution, the Oloroso sherry cask layers raisin and fig from its melanoidins over a drying, nutty oak grip. At 15 years the wood and the salty, nutty spirit are roughly in balance. The recorded notes run to dried fruit and a sherry note.