Bowmore 2001 SV The Un-Chillfiltered Collection - Very Cloudy
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2001 |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Hogsheads |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale amber
air Nose
this one starts more on coffee, probably thanks to the sherry. There’s also quite some oak again, notes of Seville oranges, struck matches (hints of sulphur) and smoked ham. Something earthy as well. With water: more vanilla and caramel, warm butter, pastries… No more sulphur but a little more smoke Floral with nice fruity esters, rich and full with little hints of licorice, dry grain and cereal, some waxiness, and over top of all of it a wonderful rich and complex passion fruit. Very fine and elegant old whisky Fresh tar. Smoke. Salt. Iodine. Peanuts. Monolithic but superb
restaurant Palate
hugely concentrated and very fruity, with loads of orange drops, pineapple drops and bubblegum. Icing sugar. Very good oakiness behind all that, good bitterness. With water: gets a tad less fruity and a little waxier and grassier. Orgeat Tastes old! Resins and lovely oak tannins behind a hot spiciness, lots of dark fruit there and hot peppers. Hints of peat smoke lurk in the background, and again, riding over top, but hiding nothing, a luscious passion fruit. Scores: Krisha 92, Michel, 91, Johannes 89, Me 91 Back at the hotel we challenged our palates (more “calibration”) tasting new malts and others we had tried before, so Johannes could go home and see how close our new scores were to those we gave in previous tastings (nearly perfect by the way). The highlight here came from a square nalgene bottle Marty Brunet handed me as I was leaving his place in Montreal a few weeks ago. His 5yo Port Charlotte, matured in a blood tub has finally been bottled and we dove into it with great relish. Gordon Homer’s blood tub Port Charlotte was the hit of Feis Ile a few years back so Marty’s was much anticipated and it did not disappoint. Port Charlotte 5yo ((60%, OB for Martin Brunet, C#24, 33 bts., d 12.06.01 b 22.03.07) Tasting Notes: Johannes - Diesel and other industrial oils. Rubber Smoke. Right up my alley. Score: 90 points - not terribly complex, but brilliant in its part of the spectrum. Michel -
timer Finish
medium long, on bitter oranges, with a faint saltiness
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