Invergordon 1973 WhB

Overall rating: 89.32/100
votes: 64

Category: Single Grain
Distillery: Invergordon
Bottler: Whiskybroker.co.uk (WhB)
Vintage: 05.07.1973
Bottled: 15.09.2016
Stated Age: 43 years old
Casktype: Bourbon Barrel
Casknumber: 1300000024
Number of bottles: 234
Strength: 52.3 % Vol.
Size: 200 ml 700 ml
Added on: 25 Sep 2016 5:25 pm by Forrest

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€ 114,45

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Whisky Reviews for Invergordon 1973 WhB

11 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 89.32 points

KayMeertens scored this whisky 91 points
28 Dec 2016 9:36 pm
A fantastic old grain for a pleasant price. Fruitier than cask 130000034. It doesn't have any overly woody notes which that one has and less glue. Therefore I prefer this one.

Nose

Woody but still fresh, like fibre board. Then sweeter: Caramel, vanilla, lime, raspberry, orange and apple.

Taste

Caramel, lime, tonic, orange, raspberry and apple.

Finish

White chocolate, crême brûlée, caramel, apple peel, cherry, tonic and lime.
kimmosuo scored this whisky 86 points
18 Feb 2018 6:52 pm
- Nose
  
  86 86
- Taste
  
  85 85
- Finish
  
  85 85
P.A.O.K.you_are scored this whisky 89 points
26 Nov 2017 1:11 am
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  89 89
GIORGOS scored this whisky 89 points
25 Oct 2017 9:17 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  90 90
Cubey666 scored this whisky 89 points
31 Jul 2017 4:55 pm
Tasted this old grain next to its little brother (cask: 1300000032, WB 87113, together with Falnor.

Nose: red fruits, baked bread or cookies, wood, bit nutty and sweetish, parhaps bit more glue-ish.
Taste: wood, red fruits, full and quite complex, something spicy. Fragrances of menthol, cinnamon, mocha and boeuf bourguignon. Tasty!!

Finish: long and smooth, some eucalyptus shows itself
in this one as well, with some varnish notes

Overall: both bottles are very similar (0032 - 52,2% and 0024 - 52.3%), however, when comparing to its brother i slightly this one (0024),t his one shows just a little bit more character where this one is just a tad more smooth.
- Nose
  
  91 91
- Taste
  
  88 88
- Finish
  
  90 90
Thermidor scored this whisky 89 points
30 Jul 2017 10:30 pm
It's well balanced and has aged beautifully. There are better ones, but not by much.

Since I didn't have another old grain at hand, I compared this with an armagnac: Darroze Les Grands Assemblages 50yo (90pts). Darroze wins by sheer complexity of the distillate. While I love both of these, I still prefer malts for their presence, power and persistence when it comes to body, taste and finish.

Nose

I think I can leave out the aged vodka quips. This is a fine nose with none of the unfortunate impurities grains can have like dirty burned grease notes or poster glue. Instead it's a very attractive combination of immensely old oak, echoes of bourbon, popcorn seeds frying in oil, vanilla ice cream (the good kind of vanilla), fruits, that herbal touch you find in armagnacs, and behind it all a wisp of pure ethanol that's not usually found in malts of the same age. With water the butteriness comes up more, along with more dry oak.

The nose developed rapidly a few days after opening the bottle from the initial ethanol and oak-forward one to its current more rounded, lighter and fatty profile.

Taste

Nectarines, a fair amount of oak, old age-rounded bourbon without overt woodiness. Apart from some hotness this works well neat. The body is well tempered by the age so despite being over %50 ABV it doesn't feel very sharp anymore. The afterwash is surprisingly fruity. Fresh nectarines again. With water it's smoother (better with little rather than a lot of water) and sinks in better. The bourbon comes out more accompanied by tinned peaches, and occasionally it even feels a little like an aged rhum agricole (think of cola candy well past its sell-by date with most of the aromas gone ;) ).

Finish

Neat there's an aluminium tang and well lingering oak plus tannins that give your gums a good workout without going over the edge. Water helps it stick around better and adds some oiliness.
JacobaEd scored this whisky 87 points
28 Jul 2017 9:05 pm
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  86 86
- Finish
  
  86 86
Maurice_casqueteer scored this whisky 87 points
05 Apr 2017 8:22 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  86 86
squaadgras scored this whisky 89 points
24 Dec 2016 8:29 pm
- Nose
  
  90 90
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  88 88
rpvdwel scored this whisky 90 points
11 Dec 2016 4:54 pm
- Nose
  
  91 91
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  89 89

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