Bowmore 1968 Vintage Distillation
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Vintage Distillation |
| Vintage | 1968 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 37년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Wood |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 708 |
| ABV | 43.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 남부 보우모어 만의 짭조름한 바닷바람과 두꺼운 토탄층이 1968 빈티지의 37년 숙성에 트로피컬한 결을 새겼다. 잔에는 진한 황금빛이 잠겨 있고 노즈에는 버번 우드가 풀어놓은 망고, 패션프루트, 짠 미네랄의 향이 깊게 머문다. 입에 들어오면 43.4도의 알코올과 함께 트로피컬 과일, 들꿀, 가벼운 토탄 연기의 풍미가 천천히 흐른다. 여운은 60년대 보우모어 특유의 트로피컬 향으로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
not that different at very first nosing but then the sherry really starts to come through, with superb notes of ‘yellow’ (fino type), dead leaves, coffee and smoke. Great balance. Then we have the peaty, farmy notes (hay), both smoked and roasted tea (hochicha), with huge and rather unusual notes of smoked sausages arising. Barbecue? Hints of mustard as well, balsamic vinegar, salted liquorice, pipe juice, tar… Luxuriant but full of ‘uprightness’ at the same time. I like it a lot
restaurant Palate
just as rich but alas, some much feared notes of ‘geranium jelly’ shine through. An odd fruitiness that just doesn’t combine well with the peat I think and that we also had in many older ‘pre-Signatory’ Edradours. Luckily, it does improve after a moment, with lots of cocoa, coffee and roasted raisins but that happens probably too late. This palate is far from being a catastrophe but it reminds me of some other Bowmores or heavily sherried Glen Gariochs (1985 anyone?) and their offbeat perfumy notes. But the nose was absolutely fabulous I must say, what a shame. 80 points (because of the stunning nose, obviously). Bowmore 37 yo 1968/2006 (43.4%, OB, bourbon, 708 bottles)