Bowmore 12-year-old Sherry Finish
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Sherry Finish |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Cask & Sherry Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
보모어 12년을 버번 캐스크에 셰리 오크로 마무리한 셰리 피니시 에디션이다. 노즈에서는 셰리의 커피와 세비야 오렌지, 훈제 햄이 앞서고, 성냥 같은 옅은 유황과 오크가 뒤따른다. 40도에서도 팰럿은 또렷하게 열리며, 진한 오렌지와 파인애플 사탕 같은 과실의 단맛과 오크의 씁쓸함이 균형을 이룬다. 배경의 은은한 피트 스모크가 구조를 잡는다. 피니시는 중간 이상으로 비터 오렌지와 옅은 소금기의 여운이 남는 아일라 몰트다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale amber
air Nose
this one starts more on coffee, probably thanks to the sherry. There’s also quite some oak again, notes of Seville oranges, struck matches (hints of sulphur) and smoked ham. Something earthy as well. With water: more vanilla and caramel, warm butter, pastries… No more sulphur but a little more smoke Floral with nice fruity esters, rich and full with little hints of licorice, dry grain and cereal, some waxiness, and over top of all of it a wonderful rich and complex passion fruit. Very fine and elegant old whisky Fresh tar. Smoke. Salt. Iodine. Peanuts. Monolithic but superb
restaurant Palate
hugely concentrated and very fruity, with loads of orange drops, pineapple drops and bubblegum. Icing sugar. Very good oakiness behind all that, good bitterness. With water: gets a tad less fruity and a little waxier and grassier. Orgeat Tastes old! Resins and lovely oak tannins behind a hot spiciness, lots of dark fruit there and hot peppers. Hints of peat smoke lurk in the background, and again, riding over top, but hiding nothing, a luscious passion fruit. Scores: Krisha 92, Michel, 91, Johannes 89, Me 91 Back at the hotel we challenged our palates (more “calibration”) tasting new malts and others we had tried before, so Johannes could go home and see how close our new scores were to those we gave in previous tastings (nearly perfect by the way). The highlight here came from a square nalgene bottle Marty Brunet handed me as I was leaving his place in Montreal a few weeks ago. His 5yo Port Charlotte, matured in a blood tub has finally been bottled and we dove into it with great relish. Gordon Homer’s blood tub Port Charlotte was the hit of Feis Ile a few years back so Marty’s was much anticipated and it did not disappoint. Port Charlotte 5yo ((60%, OB for Martin Brunet, C#24, 33 bts., d 12.06.01 b 22.03.07) Tasting Notes: Johannes - Diesel and other industrial oils. Rubber Smoke. Right up my alley. Score: 90 points - not terribly complex, but brilliant in its part of the spectrum. Michel -
timer Finish
medium long, on bitter oranges, with a faint saltiness