Bowmore 1998 SMWS 3.140 Intrigue, love and danger
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | Intrigue, love and danger |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | 3.140 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.4% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
yes, it’s this clean, straight, smoky style of Bowmore, but with a layer of oak that does make it slightly, well, oaky at first nosing. No problems though, there’s also a whole bag of coastal and rather medicinal notes, such as antiseptic, tincture of iodine, then ashes and soot, then an earthiness… While reading my old notes for batch #1, I get the feeling that this new one is less citrusy and a tad oakier. There’s also more and more vanilla (ditto). With water: water killed the vanilla (hurray!) and let the Bowmoreness really come through. A walk on the beach along a grounded trawler and all that jazz. Great nose
restaurant Palate
powerful and rounded at the same time, on walnuts, vanilla and cigar ashes. Big stuff. There’s also a lot of cinnamon from the oak. With water: water didn’t kill the vanilla this time but it did become sharper (pleasantly so), earthier and more lemony. Brinier too
timer Finish
long, clean, with some peppermint and limoncello in the aftertaste
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