Bowmore 40 Years Old, 1969 Tasting notes and reviews
Bowmore 40 Years Old, 1969
- Brand
- Bowmore
- Expression
- 40 Years Old, 1969
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Age
- 40 years old
- Abv
- 44.80%
- Vintage
- 1969
- Produced at
- Bowmore Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Availability
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| United Kingdom | ||
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Bowmore 1969 40 Year Old Cask 2161 | £8,500.00 |
Dave Broom
93- Nose
- Clearly old. Reduced into thick toffee, heathery smoke then stewing quince, rum-soaked sultana and mixed peels. Then it starts to lighten, becoming sumptuously elegant.
- Palate
- Gentle, sweet start with good layered complexity. Barley sugar, oak, peat, tinned apricot this time.
- Finish
- The fruit rises gently once more. Long and lightly smoky.
- Comment
- Superb balance. Classic distillery character retained after four decades - no mean achievement.
Martine Nouet
87- Nose
- Intense, complex, elegant. Damp warehouse; Lots of “antique” fragrances, mixing indoors and outdoors. Pot-pourri, old oak floor. On time, briny scents emerge. Smoked fish, boat tar but also passion fruit and crab apple.
- Palate
- Rich, all flavours so well melted. Exotic fruit. A seaweedy note..
- Finish
- Dry, gently spicy, with a hint of tar and marzipan.
- Comment
- A superb dram but given the price...
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