Bowmore Claret Tasting notes and reviews
Bowmore Claret
- Brand
- Bowmore
- Expression
- Claret
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Produced at
- Bowmore Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Website
- www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk
- Availability
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| United Kingdom | ||
 |
Bowmore Claret Bordeaux Wine Cask | £199.00 |
| Europe | ||
 |
Bowmore Claret | €220.00 |
Michael Jackson
90- Nose
- Very big in both departments. Lots of recognisably claret-like fruit-and-cedar notes-and a powerful response from Bowmore smokiness.
- Palate
- Bowmore beats Bordeaux.
- Finish
- Toffeeish (more port-like) fruit fights back convincingly. Oak keeps the contestants apart. Finally a salty battle is won by the distillery character.
- Comment
- The fighter beat the boxer, but it was a wonderfully enjoyable contest.
Doug McIvor
90- Nose
- Intensely perfumed, ripe summer fruits, bubble gum and honey melon? Evolving to show base notes of peat and more concentrated fruits.
- Palate
- Delicate to medium bodied. A gentle oiliness carries initial bursts of fruit to drier complexities.
- Finish
- Teasing, lingering, quite feminine until that Islay smoke kicks in.
- Comment
- An elaborate malt which enhances Bowmore's association with perfume. Good enough to wear!
Whisky Magazine Issue 8
Wood finish tasting - Gordon & McPhail - Makers Mark - Edradour.
Published February 2000.
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