Inchgower 12 Years Old 2012 Cask #804616 (Lady of the Glen)

Inchgower is the coastal outlier of Speyside, owned by Diageo and built mostly into the Bell's blend, with single malt a rare sight. Lady of the Glen selected this single cask, distilled in 2012, and released it at 12 years old in its Rare Cask range. Single cask 804616 gave 264 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 Oloroso sherry cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 59.3%, without dilution, the Oloroso wood gives dried fruit, melanoidins reading as fig and raisin with tannins adding a walnut dryness. At 12 years the wood and the salty, nutty spirit are roughly in balance.