Invergordon 1984 HL The Sovereign
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Invergordon |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | The Sovereign |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 38년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
리필 버트에서 38년을 보낸 긴 세월이 인버고든 그레인 원액에 묵직한 단맛을 길어 올렸다. 잔에서는 코코넛과 바닐라, 크렘 브륄레 같은 달큰한 향이 부드럽게 피어오른다. 한 모금에는 옥수수 원액의 매끈한 단맛과 토피가 60.6도의 힘에도 입천장을 천천히 덮는다. 오래 묵은 그레인답게 강한 도수에도 결이 비단처럼 곱다. 짙은 황금빛 끝에서 여운은 바닐라와 마른 오크로 길고 달콤하게 잠긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
very, very similar, just hotter at first nosing. It gets then a little waxier and less orangey, with more wax polish, encaustic and some bolder notes of marzipan. Just as nice!
restaurant Palate
beautiful again, creamier than the 1965, with more body. It’s also closer to a malt, with lots of dried fruits, wax, caramelized cereals again, roasted nuts, marzipan indeed, butterscotch, cake, sugared tea… Lots of oomph and a long and coating finish, at that. Another beautiful old Invergordon, very interesting because just like the 1965, it’s more ‘natural’ than the (great) sherried Invergordon one can find these days. 87 points . North British 1980 (60.3%, OB, new oak cask, circa 2000?) An off-commerce - I think - single grain whisky, probably made only out of corn – or in the majority, at least - as North British processes only corn these days (switching from one cereal to another one needs lots of time and equipment tweaking, I think)