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Berry`s Inchgower 2009 KWM Cask

Berry`s Inchgower 2009 KWM Cask

$154.99

This 2009 Inchgower was matured in an ex-Oloroso sherry cask for 13 years, before bottling at 54.2% exclusively for Kensington Wine Market. 

750 ml
Region:Scotland > Speyside
Vintage:2009
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Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: soft sherry tones, chocolate, leather, tobacco and candied fruits; brandy snaps, dark chocolate-dipped Jujubes, cherry herring, and sticky toffee pudding; juicy tobacco, Aussie licorice, firm leather, and Goodies.

Palate: big, rich, sherried, and spicy; loads of dried fruit to kick things off, more Goodies and candied fennel seed; more fruity tobacco, decadent spices, firm leather, and nutty sherry tones with a whiff of smoke; more chocolate-covered Jujubes, Guides Mint cookies, cherry herring, and Aussie licorice; crisp warm spices, earthy oak, and espresso bean; salted caramel too... Inchgower is a coastal distillery.

Finish: still rich, warming, and coating, with classic sherry notes, spices, chocolate, fruit, and tobacco; salted caramel ice cream too!

Comment: when this arrived, a year after we sampled it, I started sweating a little, Inchgower is not a single malt that has oft impressed me a lot over the years, though there have been some good ones; but the team and I picked it for a reason, and I should put more trust in that; it is a lovely young sherried malt, not a sherry bomb, but a rich, balanced, and layered dram; and is has that salty touch that I often associate with Inchgower.

Producer Tasting Note

"The nose shows a fine balance of rich sherry wood and a lighter distillate, moving easily between fresh fruits, to luscious, dried figs with a slight suggestion of wood smoke. Layers of honey arrive on the palate with spiced dried fruit, cherries, almonds moving to green apples and pears. Perfectly balanced, The finish shows wood spice, again the merest whisper of wood smoke and lasty, sultana bread."

One of our favourite independent bottlers, Berry Bros. & Rudd is a stored London-based firm which has resided at #3 St. James Street, a stone's throw from St. James Palace, since 1698. Primarily a wine merchant, they have also played a prominent role in the Scotch whisky industry. In addition to founding the Cutty Sark Blend, and managing the Glenrothes brand for 30 years, BBR is also an independent bottler. We have long been impressed not only by the quality of their independent bottlings, but also their value! 

Berry Bros. & Rudd in Their Own Words

With two Royal Warrants and more than 300 years of history, Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain’s original wine and spirits merchant. 

We can trace our history back to 1698, when an enterprising woman called the Widow Bourne started an “Italian grocer’s” at No.3 St James’s Street, selling tea, snuff, spices and the most fashionable drink of the day, coffee. The sign of the coffee mill still hangs outside our premises at No.3 today, in tribute to our roots.

In due course, our focus shifted to something a little bit stronger. As wine became important to the business, so too did spirits, and we started bottling casks under our label in the early 19th century, making us Britain’s oldest independent spirits bottler. Three centuries on, the family business continues to flourish, with its heart still very much at No.3.

While much has changed over the years, we are still owned and managed by members of the Berry and Rudd families, and we continue to supply the British Royal Family, as we have done since the reign of King George III. We still, from time to time, weigh customers on a giant set of coffee scales, a tradition which began in the 1760s, with Lord Byron, William Pitt and Beau Brummell among those who have had their weights recorded in our ledgers. Most importantly, we still believe that everything you should look for in a wine or spirit comes down to one simple question: “Is it good to drink?”

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