Invergordon The Whisky Trail 48 years Grain Scotch Whisky 《Terroir Collection - TSC004》

Region : Highlands, Scotland - Single Grain Scotch Whisky 

Alcohol : 42.6%

Volume : 700ml

Website : https://www.whyteandmackayltd.com/our-locations/invergordon/

🌟One of the best Grain Scotch Whisky Distillery

🌟Single Grain Whisky

Located on the banks of the Cromarty Estuary in the North East Highlands, Invergordon Distillery, owned by the Whyte & Mackay Group, was founded in 1959. From 1965 to 1977 a malt distillery operated on the same site : Ben Wyvis. With a remarkable freshness of expression, this version offers perfect definition of a great single grain. Sleek but overflowing with naturalness, its aromatic and taste palette reveals notes of spices, exotic and white fruits, heady flowers, vanilla, freshly cut grass or even cereals.

Balanced, spicy. Vanilla, white fruits, coconut.

TASTING NOTES

Nose: Both fresh and lively. Spicy (Cayenne), medicinal (arnica) and at the same time creamy (flan), the first nose evolves towards a more exotic register (pineapple, coconut) and fine liquorice. Allowed to breathe, spices (pepper, star anise) and scents of white flowers (lily of the valley, lilac) gradually rise to the surface of an aromatic palette, increasingly vanilla, lemony and fruity (Williams pear, white peach). .

Appearance: Deep old gold.

Mouth: Clean, racy. Taking on the vanilla and creamy character of the nose, the attack on the palate is also honeyed and floral (honeysuckle). On the mid-palate, candied ginger and fine flavors of milk chocolate gently coat the taste buds. Even more lactic, the finish clearly evokes vanilla ice cream.

Overall: Elegant, balanced. Minty and fruity (pear, apple), the start of the finish is deeply cereal (corn, barley, wheat), reminiscent of the world of American corn whiskeys. It then develops particularly exotic flavors (pineapple, passion fruit). In the aftertaste, notes of white oak underline the quality of a woodiness remarkably integrated into the taste palette. The retro-nasal olfaction is herbaceous (green barley, chlorophyll) and the vanilla and spicy empty glass (cinnamon, clove).

$3500/bottle