There are several Invergordon 1972 and 1973 to choose from lately. After the 1972 for Whisky Nerds , I’ll try two 1973’s head-to-head. The first is bottled by Sansibar in its Samurai series.

Invergordon 1973 (52,2%, Sansibar 2015, Samurai label, 240 btl.)

Nose: quite mild, with the vanilla sweetness in first row, and a creamy coconut note next. Hints of white chocolate. Close to rum (some banana and plums), although with the pencil shavings and the herbal notes it also hints towards old bourbon. More grassy hints after a while. Mouth: same flavours of coconut, vanilla cream, a...