Bowmore 1968 DT Rare Auld
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1968 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 38년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 42.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오래 묵은 호박빛 너머로 흐릿한 적금색이 잔 깊이 잠겨 있다. 1968년 증류된 보모어가 38년의 침묵 끝에 풀어내는 향은 트로피컬 망고와 패션프루트, 옅은 베이크라이트, 그리고 아일라의 옅은 해풍이 한데 어우러진다. 입안에서는 42.7도의 낮은 도수가 무색하리만큼 진한 시럽 단맛과 마라스키노 체리가 입천장을 부드럽게 적신다. 여운은 늙은 보모어 특유의 트로피컬 인센스 노트가 길게 이어진다.
AITasting 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