Bowmore 1973 BA Natural Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Blackadder (BA) |
| Bottling Series | Natural Strength |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 1998 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | Oak |
| Cask Number | 3174 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.2% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
it's honeys and waxes that strike first, giving an almost deceptively 'highland' character at first nosing. But then we're going towards a more coastal profile, full of fragile, drying peat notes, seashells, grapefruit and then mango and passionfruit - we've arrived at old Bowmore, in other words. With water: more fragrant and slightly farmy now too, with cider apple, dried flowers, soft herbal notes, camphor and pollens
restaurant Palate
same feeling that this is an earthier, waxier and marginally less fruit-driven profile, which seems to the case for these early 1970s years. There are still some wonderful fruity components that suggest dried exotic fruits and tropical teas, but that's balanced by tiny hints of sandalwood and lavender soaps, gorse flower, mineral salts, crystallised old honeys and a really fantastic waxiness, of both flavour and body. With water: stunning honeys and waxes, dried exotic fruit chunks, sandalwood, lightly smoked sea salt and citrus peels
timer Finish
long and back onto these earthy waxy and honeyed qualities, with tiger balm and bone-dry peat smoke whispering in the background
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