Inchgower (2010/2023) - Sansibar
Sometimes you get a whisky in your glass that feels as if it has just come out of the cask. The Inchgower 2010/2023 from Sansibar with 57.6% ABV is just such a case: young, fresh, straight from nature - but also a little unfinished.
The panel
Mean 71.0 · spread 0
Value for money 3/5
- Distillery
- Inchgower
- Bottler
- Sansibar
- Type
- Single Malt
- Region
- Speyside
- Country
- Scotland
- Age
- 12 years
- Strength
- 57.6% ABV
- Character
- floral
Tasting
Nose
The nose is crisp and fresh: green apple, a hint of pineapple and damp wood, as if it had just rained. There is also a fine herbal note reminiscent of herbal tea. Very green, very lively - but also without great depth. You can tell that wood had little to do here.
Palate
It starts off sweet and juicy on the tongue: apple, a light tropical note and a fine dryness. But then it suddenly comes round the corner with white pepper and provides a bit of action. It remains a young, direct flavour - not complex, but certainly entertaining.
Finish
Hardly any oak, but the sweet-fruity line continues with a tingling finish. At the very end, there is a slight bitterness that is not disturbing, but does not necessarily provide a rounded finish. You simply realise that the cask has only been working on the back burner here.
Verdicts
Marcel
A whisky that delights with fresh fruitiness and a hint of pepper, though it could benefit from a bit more time in the cask – perfect for those who appreciate straightforward drinking pleasure without any fuss.
Sascha
The Inchgower 2010/2023 presents itself with clear fruit notes and a noticeable pepperiness, but remains somewhat unbalanced due to the weak influence of the cask, showing that a more complex maturation would have served it well.
What it is worth
We do not yet hold bottle-level auction results — that sits behind Whisky Hunter’s authenticated feed. What follows is the market for Inchgower as a whole, which sets the weather for this bottling without pricing it.
Latest mean bid £91 across 43 lots · 2024-08