Bowmore Darkest Tasting notes and reviews
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Bowmore Darkest
- Brand
- Bowmore
- Expression
- Darkest
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 43.00%
- Produced at
- Bowmore Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Availability
- Widely available
- Website
- www.morrisonbowmore.co.uk
Whisky Magazine Issue 6
Isaly tasting - Travels in Speyside & Kentucky - Talisker - Bourbon uncovered.
Published October 1999.
Michael Jackson
90- Nose
- Fragrantly smoky. Perfumy, very floral. Hessian. Sea air. Astonishingly fresh, delicious, appetising, complex.
- Palate
- Perfumy start. Hint of flowering currant. Nutty. Layers of dry, black treacle, maltiness.
- Finish
- Smooth. Polished stone. Hard, salty, liquorice.
- Comment
- Not that dark – just tawny. Whisky in its mid teens, I would say, but from superb sherry casks.
Jim Murray
85- Nose
- Fresh, wonderfully clean Oloroso clings to the oak and peat to form a wonderful trio.
- Palate
- Big and chewy with the sherry and the peat in perfect harmony. Perhaps uncomplex and lacking sophistication, but the balance is quite stunning.
- Finish
- Long with a hint of molasses/liquorice adding to the toasty malt and rumbling smoke.
- Comment
- Really delightful whisky which suggests youth but offers a faultless peat/sherry combination.
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