Bowmore 2003 vW The Ultimate

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Bowmore
Bottler	van Wees (vW)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	2003
Bottled Year	2009
Age	7년
Cask Type	Bourbon Barrel
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	57.7%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Sweet

Fruity

Oaky

Spicy

Floral

Vanilla

Honey

Citrus

Herbal

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Peaty

Nutty

Maritime

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark amber

air Nose

not a trace of dead mice (private joke, no bothering), indeed some strawberries and prickly pear jams, and a muscular Bowmore that would then overwhelm everything, for the better of course. Prune sauce, hoisin, bold armagnac, smoked oysters, leather and tobacco, seawater, lapsang souchong… Perfect tangoing this time, between the Port and the Bowmore. With water: a little spicier, bay leaves, eucalyptus, tomato leaves, some earl grey too… Perhaps rather a paso doble this time (come on, S.)

restaurant Palate

a little concoctiony for sure, with heavy extracts, cloves, cinnamon, gewurztraminer, chocolate, coffee dregs, soot… I believe water would work here. With water: bingo, the strawberries are back but rather as a high-end liqueur, with some cassis as well, blackberry syrup, otherwise peat, brine and seafood. A few oak shavings. It all remains tightly bound together

timer Finish

long, on crayons

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