Invergordon 32 Years Old 1988 Cask #8103 (Blackadder)

Invergordon single grain is uncommon, the distillery's output largely feeding Whyte & Mackay blends rather than standalone bottlings. This single cask was bottled by Blackadder, distilled in 1988, at 32 years old, for its Raw Cask range. Single cask number 8103 yielded 273 bottles.

Invergordon is a grain distillery rather than a malt one, distilling a mash of maize, wheat and barley through tall continuous column stills to a light, high strength spirit. Matured in ex-Bourbon casks.

Bottled at its natural cask strength of 51.5%, without dilution, the ex-Bourbon wood gives vanillin for vanilla and oak lactones for coconut, with maltol for butterscotch. Recorded bottle notes run to a faint medicinal note. Long maturation has layered tropical fruit and a buttery, waxy weight over the grain's natural sweetness.