Gordon & MacPhail / 1986 - Whisky Magazine

Gordon & MacPhail

Inverleven

1986

ABV 40%
REVIEWED Issue 23

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Specifications

Brand: Inverleven, Gordon & MacPhail
Expression: 1986
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 40%
Country/Region: Scotland / Lowland
Bottling type: Independent Bottling

Tasting notes

Taster Martine Nouet

Nose: Scented garden aromas: wild rose, thyme, lemon grass. Muscat grape and orange peel.
Palate: Bracing mouthfeel yet almost syrupy. Redcurrant. A lovely blancmange aftertaste.
Finish: Slightly spicy (nutmeg), even warmer with water.
Comment: Light, straightforward. Delicacy without mannerism. Keep it for a romantic candlelit dinner.

8.5

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Very pale suggesting a neutral cask. Light floral/apple blossom notes and some white fruit. Delicate to the point of ethereal. Water kills it stone dead, just the aroma of dead leaves.
Palate: More to it than the nose suggests but that's not saying a lot. Lightly floral, but no complexity, no drive.
Finish: What finish?
Comment: Like drinking a ghost.

5.3

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Inverleven (Closed 1991) Distillery, Glasgow Road, Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire , Lowland, Scotland

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