Bowmore 1995 MoS
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Malts of Scotland (MoS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1995 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.9% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
I do like them cleaner and less sherried, I think peat+sherry can make utter wonders (think Laphroaig 1974 or the first Lagavulin 21) but the result can also be a little whoooof, I mean, dissonant. Yet it's not quite the case here, it works pretty well but the leathery notes are quite big. A lot of pencil lead too, chocolate, artichokes… It's a style, it's a style. I had planned not to use any water but let's not be silly this time. With water: plenty of gunpowder. Both Pu-erh and lapsang souchong teas. Old motorcycle (Norton?)
restaurant Palate
good, I won't deny it, this is spectacular. A blend of tar liqueur, walnut liqueur, Cointreau and Fernet-Branca or Cynar. It's extremely heavy. With water: works, but not spectacularly so. There's a kind of gingery bitterness/leafiness that remains there
timer Finish
long, leafy, faintly metallic and 'gunpowder'