Bowmore 1997 SV The Un-Chillfiltered Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | The Un-Chillfiltered Collection |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | Hogsheads |
| Cask Number | 1908 + 1909 |
| Bottles Released | 798 |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
this is the epitome of how I think about late 1990s Bowmore in my mind: background fruitiness with pristine coastal brininess up front, all wrapped up in some surprisingly chunky peat smoke. There's also always this compelling and beautiful dryness about it, which is something that always seems to distinguish the indys from the officials in my view, the OBs rarely display their whisky in such an unvarnished guise. You could add dried seaweed, green tea with lemon, anchovy paste and guava jam into the mix - totally excellent!
restaurant Palate
what an arrival! Loads of dried exotic and citrus fruits, but also a terrific bitterness that encompasses bitter herbal liqueurs and extracts, artichoke liqueur, mixed olive tapenades, celery salt and this superb combo of hessian and tarred rope. The low ABV never feels low, in fact it manages to juggle power, drinkability and this rich diversity of flavour with embarrassing effortlessness
timer Finish
long, back on dried fruits, lemon oil, coconut water, olive tapenades, preserved lemons and thick wafts of pure peat smoke