Bowmore 1976 LTT Waldhaus am See
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Lateltin (LTT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1976 |
| Bottled Year | 2000 |
| Age | 24년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.3% |
| Volume | 1000 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
ah, this isn’t a traditional uber-fruity old Bowmore at first nosing. Starts slightly reserved, with the oak playing the first parts (but it’s a very elegant oak). Vanilla, white pepper, bananas and apricots. It gets more phenolic after that, more ‘Islay’ if you see what I mean. Whiffs of seawater, oysters and also fresh almonds and butter as well as beeswax. Great complexity. Keeps developing, getting back to fruits but more on plums now. Also hints of pine sap, quinces, marzipan... And finally a discreet, but very noticeable smoke. In short, a rather different old Bowmore, less sexy and wham-bam than others but maybe (even) more elegant
restaurant Palate
quite rougher now, rather wilder than it was on the nose. Definitely ‘Islay’, farmy, peppery, smoky, peaty, with good oak and good fruits. Plums, apricots, strawberry sweets, hints of icing sugar that keep it very ‘alive’, green tea and ‘good’ rubber. It’s rather powerful whisky at 34 years of age, with the pepper growing stronger and stronger. It’s quite funny, the nose was really from the city whilst the palate is from the country (I know, silly analogy - sorry, I’ll do better next time)
timer Finish
medium long but lively, with quite some mint, eucalyptus and resin as well as a little pepper lingering in the background. In short, a very dual whisky in a very sexy decanter, very different from any other Bowmore I could taste up to now. And very, very good. Now, the price tag is quite heavy – 1,400 Swiss Francs (do your math) – but I wouldn’t say it’s not worth it
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