Bowmore 1966 DT Rare Auld
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1966 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 40년 |
| Cask Type | Oak cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
this is a sherry version but it’s interesting that we have the same smokiness at first nosing. It’s also very rounded, sweet, creamy, developing on lots of chocolate and praline, chestnut honey, toffee… Great notes of torrefaction (coffee and smoke), mocha, very clean old rancio… The balance is very perfect, the whole being hugely compact. Gets quite minty after a while, with again whiffs of lavender flowers. Goes on with oasted peanuts, hints of church incense and cigar box… Truly flawless – classicism at its best
restaurant Palate
it’s in keeping with the nose although it’s a little more nervous and slightly rougher. Lots of sherry, lots of raisins (sultanas but also Corinth), quite some orange marmalade and, above all, lots of fruitcake. Quite some dried pears and bananas, figs, prunes… Add to that a little old rum and armagnac plus quite some milk chocolate and dashes of black pepper, nutmeg and cinnamon and you get, again, a classic sherried Speysider. The finish is long, creamy, still on dried fruits plus pepper and cloves. Very good, very…err, classic. 89 points as well. October 5, 2006 TASTING – TWIN CASKS 40 yo BOWMORES Bowmore 40 yo 1966/2006 (43.4%, Duncan Taylor, cask #3316, 151 bottles)
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