Inchgower 2008 13yo Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Nose: floral, citrus and herbaceous notes. Bread and butter pudding. Taste - A crisp grapefruit arrival. Sharp green apples, pears and black pepper. Chilli and wood spices take centre stage in the development, and the finish is long with a mellow sweetness. An extremely good value malt. I’m starting to really trust Signatory in delivering quality bottlings, and this one is at a very good price.

Nose: Sharp, varnish at first. Lime, berry, green apple. Pine, and a green leafy note. Linen - very clean nose. Much sweeter with water - ripe apple, honey, that sweet air you get around flowery trees. Some of that pastry suggestion from MoM, but with a raspberry edge. Rose’s Lime and a musty vanilla as it opens further. Right as I was about to finish - sports day in the summer. Finally, a more specific ‘grassy’ note. A summery, warm leaves and grass and hard dirt type note. Palate: Feinty, with a bit of honey in the middle to back it up. Candied, green and piney. Dark bitter chocolate on first finish, like drip coffee with a squeeze of honey and a lime rim. Aniseed as it opens and agree with pistachio note from MoM. With water - sweet barley sugar, but keeps its grassy green edge. More musty vanilla bean now, and a light bit of fruit - like someone’s vaping in a laser quest. I like the finish more as it has time in the glass - got a last minute milk chocolate note that was pretty nice! Favourite notes: Pistachios (stolen from MoM) and laser quest vape clouds. Sports day and Inverleith Park in summer. Without water this was a 3.25, with water anywhere from 3.5 to 3.75, maybe more as I get past the first pour and it opens further! Cool one. I just bumped it up to 3.75 because of that summery park note. Excited to try more of this one.