Bowmore Bicentenary Bicentenary 1779 - 1979

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Bowmore
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	-
Bottled Year	1979
Age	-
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	43.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Sweet

Maritime

Creamy

Vanilla

Honey

Fruity

Spicy

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Herbal

Floral

Citrus

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

deep gold / amber

air Nose

Yes! Really the epitome of Bowmore at its greatest. You have fruit that is primarily exotic and tropical in character but it is presented as this quivering, gelatinous mass around which orbits leathery, salty sherry, coastal subtleties, the most beguilingly fragrant peat smoke and various ancient and tertiary medicines. There’s herbs, seawater, petrichor, umami, waxes, camphor, salted liquorice, natural tar. Everything is just so powerful, vivid and assertive. And yet… also perfectly harmonised too. Nothing out of step or balance, everything keeping perfect time and pace. Whiskies like this present you with a conundrum: that time and base ingredients can create something so utterly beautiful it can drive you mad trying to figure out where the reach of the human hand ends and where nature takes over

restaurant Palate

(oh yes, I suppose we should actually taste some of it at some point) as thick and resinous and unctuous and fat as whisky can be at 43%. A dazzling collision of peat, smoke, herbs, fruits, salt, waxes, medicine and seashore. I also find a gentle but totally luxurious sweetness underpinning everything as well. Ok, enough, call the anti-maltoporn brigade and let’s get out of here quick

timer Finish

endless, meandering, thick - that word gelatinous comes to mind again - tarry, oily and just utterly, spellbindingly fruity

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