Spirit of Invergordon 1970 South Africa with a surprising spiciness

with a surprising spiciness

This Bourbon Whiskey starts off as a 3 grain whiskey and then soaks for 2 months with charred Virginia white oak and Virginia apple wood

hints of soft liquorice and papaya

minerality and spice emerge from the shadows

Nose: Waxed paper

Spirit of Invergordon 1970 South Africa with a surprising spicinessSpirit of Invergordon 1970 25% 70cl A fascinating release from independent bottler Bartels Whisky released under the His Excellency label. As whisky matures in cask it typically loses alcoholic strength as it evaporates over time part of the process known as the angels share. Sometimes it drops below 40%, the legal limit to be called Scotch whisky. This is exactly whats happened with this expression. The team describe some of these lower ABVs spirits