Bowmore 1973 Kb
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Kingsbury (Kb) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1973 |
| Bottled Year | 1998 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Ex-Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
엑스버번 캐스크에서 사반세기를 보낸 1973년 원액은 옛 보모어 특유의 열대 과일 향이라는 보물을 길어 올린다. 코에는 망고와 패션프루트, 옅은 피트와 바닷소금이 우아하게 얽힌다. 입에서는 46도의 부드러운 도수 위로 잘 익은 트로피컬 과일과 꿀, 가벼운 훈연이 번진다. 짙은 황금빛 뒤로 망고의 단맛과 식은 재의 여운이 스물다섯 해만큼 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
he-he, this one is funny, as it smells just like beef stock and nothing else at first nosing. Cask strength beef stock, that is… After five or six minutes we do get a little chocolate and very dark raisins but other than that, this is really too hot and burning. Nostrils beware! With water: anything meaty but almost only meaty stuff. Beef meatloaves (with mushroom sauce!), sausages, smoked meat… Then other smoked things (and coal) but it’s always very meaty. Also hints of mint sauce as well as quite some gunpowder and struck matches. Very funny malt and an extreme kind of sherry!
restaurant Palate
not bad at all but the very high alcohol plus Bowmore’s profile seem to create a kind of soapiness that’s, well, maybe a tad skanky. Just a tad! With water: very good, finally! An excellent spicy, smoky and salty fruitcake
timer Finish
very, very long and hugely peaty now. It’s a superb finish, very complex, that reminds me of the best heavily sherried Islayers (Ardbeg 76, Laphroaig 1980, Lagavulin 1985… You know which ones!)