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 | 50.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
mahogany
air Nose
a superb sherry now, with as much toffee and fruit jam as one can get plus a fantastic meatiness and lots of smoke. Incredibly elegant, bold yet so subtle… So, in no particular order, we have: high-end perfume in the Joy de Patou genre (nothing offending at all), dried oranges, strawberry jam, buttered caramel, oak smoke, smoked ham, old white Burgundy of the best kind, idem red, roasted nuts, old books, hot black truffles, cinchona, orange liqueur, smoked tea, chocolate, espresso coffee… Well, better stop now, I haven’t gotten all day
restaurant Palate
… imagine the palate just matches the fantastic nose! Maybe just hints of sulphur at the attack but they don’t last for long and then it’s the charge of the light brigade (again!) on all flavours you can get in a great sherry (from oranges to smokiness and from chocolate to balsamic vinegar). Too bad it gets just a tad bitterish and sourish towards the finish, thanks to the very high sherry concentration. The finish itself is extremely long and concentrated as expected, fruity, jammy and now rather herbal (rosemary), getting even very minty- lots of cloves as well… A true sherry monster for true sherryheads, that’s for sure. Too bad it was sometimes slightly sulphury/rubbery, otherwise it would have fetched much more that 91 points . MUSIC - Recommended listening - It's Sunday, we go classical with Bernd Alois Zimmermann 's Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu.mp3 (composed in 1968 - played by Rundfunks-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln, conducted by Michael Gielen in 1972). Extremely entertaining, with funny quotes of Lully (of course) but also Mussorgski, Ellington and many others. Great collage! October 2006 - part 1 <--- October 2006 - part 2 ---> October 2006 - part 3 C heck the index of all entries: Whisky Music Nick's Concert Reviews Web Whiskyfun Best malts I had these weeks - 90+ points only - alphabetical: Bowmore 30 yo 1972/2002 (50.3%, Signatory, cask #928, 192 bottles) Bowmore 1968/2006 (41.5%, The Taste Still, cask #3823, 144 bottles, Belgium) Bunnahabhain 33 yo 1967/2001 (41.25%, Douglas Laing Old Malt, US, 204 bottles) Glendronach 12 yo (43%, OB for Previ Brescia, sherry casks, early-mid 1980’s) Highland Park 1986 'vintage' (56.2%, OB, UK, cask #2794, 648 bottles, circa 2006) Highland Park 35 yo 1962/1997 (Cask Strength, OB, John Goodwin retirement) Port Ellen 27 yo 1978/2006 (54.2%, OB, 6th Release, 4560 bottles)
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