Bowmore 2003 ElD The Single Malts of Scotland
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Elixir Distillers (ElD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Bottled Year | 2021 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale white wine
air Nose
dry and chalky peat smoke with that familiar Bowmore 'fragrantness' which suggests softer coastal things like sandalwood, beach pebbles and coastal flowers. Then some lime and grapefruit notes start to announce more familiar Bowmore fruitiness. Typical and pretty excellent. With water: gets rather focussed on saltiness with seawater, brine and lemon juice on fresh oysters. Also more lime juice and white flowers
restaurant Palate
a little more power and oomph on arrival than the nose suggested, lovely mix of seawater, cornichon brine, a slightly acrylic smokiness and then things like fabrics, hessian, natural tar and smoked olive oil. Again, very excellent, chiselled and dry. I can't help but think of the old neck labels for some very old Sherriff's Bowmore bottlings that used to borrow the language of white wines and deployed descriptors like 'bone dry' and 'mineral' - more innocent times. With water: dry, smoky, salty and giving off some serious Margherita vibes with these wee impressions of celery salt and agave distillate. A few glimmers of citrus rinds and more chalky pebbles and mineral notes
timer Finish
good length, going back towards those softer peat smoke notes we initially found on the nose and also more dried seaweed and lemon rind
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