Inchgower 10 Years Old 2009 Cask #803614 (Scotch Single Malt Circle)

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. Scotch Single Malt Circle selected this single cask, distilled in 2009, and released it at 10 years old. Single cask 803614 gave 300 bottles, released for Germany.

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 ex-Bourbon cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 58.8%, without dilution, the ex-Bourbon barrel adds vanilla from vanillin and a coconut note from oak lactones, over a light cereal sweetness. At 10 years the wood and the salty, nutty spirit are roughly in balance. The recorded notes run to a sweaty note.