Whisky tasting season started

Last friday our autumn tasting season started. *hurray* The time to wait has been long enough. So it has been a real great pleasure to meet all my single malt friends again. My first whisky has been the Ingower 1980 26y Signatory. And it has been the best this evening. The Inchgower is a single cask whisky with 55.6% matured in a sherry butt. The - natural - colour is dark amber, the nose very rich with sherry, dark chocolate, some toffee, raisins, and very few peat. The palate is very warm and complex, but not too spicy. It's like a small explosion and contains fruits, like oranges, and caramel, chocolate, and cream. At the end the Inchgower pleases with a long and warm finish. Really, a very good malt whisky. It has been damned hard for my not to buy it - it costs about 120 Euro. *sigh* Maybe next time.

Additionally I've tasted several malts more. But I've had nothing to write down my tasting notes. Currently I'm creating a new, better tasting card. Next time I'll concentrate on a few malts and immediately write my percepts of nose, palate, and finish down.