Baanaanaabob scored this whisky 89 points 
Vanilla, spices, cereals, pineapple, marzipan, toffee, very nice grain
Invergordon 1972 HB
- Whiskybase ID
- WB96041
- Category
- Single Grain
- Distillery
- Bottler
- Hart Brothers (HB)
- Bottling serie
- Single Cask
- Vintage
- 12.1972
- Bottled
- 01.2016
- Stated Age
- 43 years old
- Strength
- 47.1 % Vol.
- Size
- 700 ml
- Barcode
- 5038342510074
- Added on
- 08 may 2017 8:48 am by JSW
Average value
€ 394.21
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€ 348.90
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Whisky reviews for Invergordon 1972 HB
10 users have left 10 reviews for this whisky. Average rating is 89.36 points.
Baanaanaabob scored this whisky 89 points
dram-drinker scored this whisky 90 points
Typical grain but quite sweet and good motuhfeel - very drinkable, very nice-
Honeycomb, vanilla, spices, herbs, custard cream, hints of overripe fruits and varnish, yellow fruits, also some exotic fruits, pineapple, some cereals, cookie dough, toffee, marzipan - pretty good!
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Oily, creamy, honey, sweet, vanilla, some ripe orchard fruits, some grain and cereals in the background, spices, herbs, some ginger, pepper - still good!
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Long, warm, sweet, spicy, little fruity, more cereals, some herbs
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peej84 scored this whisky 90 points
Feorag86 scored this whisky 90 points
Nose: Orange jam, coriander and peaches
Taste: Salt caramel, brasil nuts and cappuccino
Finish: Milk chocolate, cinnamon stick and shortbreadSlàinte Mhath scored this whisky 90 points
Quick hit review.
Grain whiskies from the 70s can be quite spectacular, and this 1972 Invergordon is a real treat. Deliciously sweet and herbal, the nose features creamy toffee, pastries and hints of sage. On the palate, rich notes of custard, honey and Brazil nuts are followed by quality oak and complex herbs. Lingering freshness and re-emerging caramel fade in the long finish. A liquid dessert which makes you beg for more!
RATING: 4.4/5.0 stars ≙ 90 pts → SUPERB [-]dr.mad scored this whisky 83 points
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allspice, light, fruity and glue but especially caramel.
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Greasy, very strange but absent at first and then bam, in your face!
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Grain, rough, tannins, dark chocolate
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karloff scored this whisky 90 points
This is another great old grain courtesy of peatbogger and I've had a few off him now. I could drink this stuff all night and no water needed. When it comes to grain stuff like this is Scotland's best kept secret not that Haig Club Shite.-
Normally I struggle with the nose when it comes to grain but not so much this time.
Old varnish tin, Kiwi fruit, oak, cardboard, electrical burnout but more of a fizz than a full burnout.
Lots of tingling spice. -
What I love about well aged grain is that it's calm and subtle and invites other flavours and aspects like texture to the party and it's late doors when the music is more chilled out.
Lots of spice but not too much, liquorice, aniseed balls sweets, shortbread biscuit but the high end buttery stuff. -
A medium finish that is satisfyingly dry and spicy.
Those old grains have been very generous to others but on the death they are the last man standing. Wonderful.
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peatbogger scored this whisky 90 points
A very nice and well matured grain.
It's 43 years old and I got the bottle for £170 in 2020.
Put that in perspective to a malt of the same age, then consider the arguement of evaporation and storage cost they use to defend the price.-
Very fresh, sweet and inviting.
Vanilla cream, candy apple.
You can smell that it has quite some age to it, but the wood is increadably light for 43 years. What I find is that of clean pure American white oak.
There are some wheaty cereal notes, but much more "lively" and interesting than what you find in younger grain. Maybe a few drops of lime in there.
Nose as deep as you want, the alc is more or less unnoticable.
Strangely enough if I leave it for a while there is a short whiff of high octane gasoline when I return to it. Not unpleasant, there for an instant, then impossible to detect.
Water makes it feel more accessable. Even sweeter, even brighter. More vanilla and a little coconut. And the gasolin never showed up again. -
Much more flavours than are let on by the nose.
Bolder, richer, with a waxy texture on arrival.
The oak is more pronounced with a bourbonesk vanilla.
Medium build up of peppery spice.
I feel that water kind of dulled it down, it worked OK for the nose, but I prefer the taste neat. -
Quite long. Drying wood.
Spicy warm.
With water it remains warm, but it's less spicy taste to it.
In general, shorter and less tasty.
Empty glass smells of a fruity breakfast cereal.
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Falnor scored this whisky 89 points
Very good and soft grain. All Those years did this cask some very good maturation.-
Oh very good sweetness...
Coconut cream, vanilla ice cream, creamy cake, apple strudel with vanilla cream. Alright, it's creamy. :)
Gentle spicyness. Soft and still full of flavours. -
Cooked fruit with grains. Strawberry jam, white chocolate and coconut shavings. Apples out of the oven with a little bit of cinnamon and ginger.
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Warm, soft oak with vanilla sauce.
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Thermidor scored this whisky 88 points
A very pleasant, well matured grain that still tastes surprisingly fresh. None of those harsh ethanol notes that plague young grains are present here. Still, the similarly aged cask 1300000024 from Whiskybroker was just one point ahead due to having some more oak and therefore more presence on the body.
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