Bowmore 18-year-old Deep & Complex - Year of the Dragon Edition
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Oloroso & Pedro Ximenez Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
로크 인달을 마주한 보모어는 아일라에서 가장 오래된 증류소로 바다 아래 잠긴 숙성고를 지닌다. 올로로소와 페드로 히메네스 셰리에서 18년을 보낸 이 위스키는 깊은 황금빛을 낸다. 향은 밀랍과 마누카 꿀, 구운 오크에 잼 같은 단맛과 옅은 훈연이 감기고, 입에서는 훈제 토피와 버터스카치, 담뱃잎이 매끄럽게 흐른다. 여운은 살짝 마르며 짭짤하고 고기 같은 감칠맛을 길게 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
a nose that's extremely 'sweet', jammy, as if they would have used sherry plus rechar. A lot of beeswax and manuka honey (boy that got expensive), toasted oak, some caraway liqueur or aquavit, a small gamey side (grouse), some Spanish ham, cigarette tobacco, muscovado, marmalade, plus, as I had already noticed last time in 2017 (2017! Scandal!), echoes of Lagavulin 16. Must be a very specific kind of peat + sherry combination
restaurant Palate
a great batch, a great whisky, even if this amontillado-type of dryness might not be for strictly everyone. Stunning smoked toffee, milk jam, butterscotch, pipe tobacco, spicy beef soup, bitter oranges…
timer Finish
only the finish is a tad drying. Wonderful salty, meaty aftertaste though. Biltong. Coriander leaves, picante pizza oil, maraschino (really, there's something Italian to this one)