Inchgower 20 Years Old 1995 Cask #692 (Blackadder)

Inchgower is the coastal outlier of Speyside, owned by Diageo and built mostly into the Bell's blend, with single malt a rare sight. Blackadder selected this single cask, distilled in 1995, from the distillery's United Distillers and early Diageo era, and released it at 20 years old in its Raw Cask - Statement - Edition No. 12 range. Single cask 692 gave 582 bottles.

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 Oloroso sherry cask.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 57.6%, without dilution, the Oloroso sherry cask layers raisin and fig from its melanoidins over a drying, nutty oak grip. At 20 years the cask has had time to round off the spirit's coastal edge and pull the flavours together.