Inchfad 2007 15 YO (SMD)

Inchfad 2007 15 YO (SMD), 54.5 %

The Norwegian independent bottler Single Malt Dreams has bottled this Inchfad exclusively for Norway. Inchfad is a heavily peated expression from Loch Lomond Distillery in Scotland. This whisky was distilled April 2007, matured in a single ex-bourbon barrel (cask #1108), and then bottled January 2023. Limited to 191 bottles.

This whisky goes on sale in Norway this coming week at NOK 1694 (15433801).

Nose: Love the exotic spices that first my nose. Then darker notes of leather, dark chocolate, soot, shoe polish and - in the distance - wood smoke. Not as peated as expected.

Taste: Full bodied. Rowan berries, mixed spices, fizzy ginger and dark chocolate with jam filling. Soot and cold ashes in the background. Again the peatiness is a little subdued, but gradually entering the scene.

Finish: Medium to long finish. New additions now are Szechuan pepper, white pepper and a pinch of salt. Toasted oak and soot in the end. Gradually more peaty and dry towards the end.

Comment: Another really good cask picked by Stephen at Single Malt Dreams.

Score 87/100

Sláinte!
Thomas