Inchgower 19 Years Old (Original Collection)

Inchgower is the coastal outlier of Speyside, owned by Diageo and built mostly into the Bell's blend, with single malt a rare sight. Cadenhead's, Scotland's oldest independent bottler, bottled this and released it at 19 years old in its Original Collection range. It was released for Germany.

A quick mashing regime and a warmer second water give Inchgower the savoury, saline character that earns it the Manzanilla of Speyside nickname. This bottling matured in an ex-Bourbon cask.

Bottled at 46%, the refill ex-Bourbon oak works gently, vanillin reading as vanilla and furfural as a faint toasted almond. At 19 years the cask has had time to round off the spirit's coastal edge and pull the flavours together.