Bowmore 12 Years Old Tasting notes and reviews
Bowmore 12 Years Old
- Brand
- Bowmore
- Expression
- 12 Years Old
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Age
- 12 years old
- Abv
- 40.00%
- Produced at
- Bowmore Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Website
- www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk
- Availability
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Michael Jackson
85- Nose
- Emphatic burnt grass. Peaty. Soft smokiness.
- Palate
- Fragrant smokiness seems to waft against an oily, earthy, background. Some seaweed. Some sherry.
- Finish
- Not only is the smokiness sustained all the way through, it surges in the finish. Lots of salt, too.
- Comment
- Glad to see a Bowmore with an age rather than a brand-name.
Dave Broom
85- Nose
- Attractive, perfumed fairly intense maritime nose: dark chocolate, orange peel, quite buttery with dry lavender-tinged smoke.
- Palate
- Rounded, and soft, then it dries half-way as the peaty notes (hessian, smoke) take over, then comes flowers, parma violet, rose and always those soft fruits.
- Finish
- Nut and fragrant smoke. Light touch of buttered kippers (a breakfast dram?)
- Comment
- Great balance between dry smoke and soft fruits.
Whisky Magazine Issue 22
Festival Previews - Collecting - Forsyth's - Caramel - 12 year olds tasting.
Published May 2002.
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