Inverleven 1985 33 Year Old Private Collection Cask #562

The Gordon & Macphail Private collection is a collection of greatly-aged single malts from celebrated, little-known or closed distilleries specially selected by members of the Urquhart family - owners of Gordon & Macphail

This bottling is from Inverleven distillery
Distilled: Tuesday, 22 January 1985
Bottled: Friday, 6 July 2018
Aged for 33 years
Cask No: 562
Cask Type: Refill Bourbon Barrel
1 of only 130 bottles available of this exceptional whisky

Tasting notes:
Colour: Dark Gold

Aroma: Intense tropical fruit aromas to begin - cooked pineapple, honeydew melon, coconut cream, and a little burst of sharp yet sweet lime. A sweet creaminess continues with notes of vanilla ice-cream, sugared red apples, apricot jam, and white chocolate. Hints of overripe cherry and almond marzipan develop into flowering gorse.

Taste: Creamy and mouth-coating; warming white pepper notes transform into sweet flambeed banana, Madagascan vanilla pod. And salted toffee. Subtle spicy undertones remain as toasted malt comes to the fore; A drying cocoa and charred oak edge develops.

Finish: A long and lingering charred oak finish with a subtle floral edge.