Bowmore 1972 SV Rare Reserve
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1972 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 30년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 49.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
ahhh! Pure freshness! Sometimes, after the rather embarrassing opulence of the 1960s, there is something profoundly refreshing and crisp about early 70s Bowmore. Like a glass of smoky Champagne. Wonderfully salty, citric, mineral, pure, cereal and possessing a wonderfully thready citrus fruitiness. However, there is more. Also farmyard notes, hay, smoky grist, savoury meatiness, ink and chalky, rather feisty minerals
restaurant Palate
Wonderful delivery! A powerful, structured, almost swollen cereal profile. Lemon peel, bath salts, hessian, olive oil, brine, putty, ointment and passion fruit. There’s also something very fish and coastal about it. Sardines in oil, anchovies, preserved lemons and malt vinegar. Robust, playful and superbly balanced between fruits, farmyard, seashore and more unusual, meaty tones
timer Finish
long, lemony, sooty, chalky, petroly, mineral and peaty. In the aftertaste we are almost back at the start - lingering in that 1950s twilight between fruit, peat, lavender and the eye-watering disquiet of the Atlantic…