Bowmore Dawn

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 19 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Soft, gentle, sooty smokiness. Palate Textured, lightly toffeeish. Fruity. Interplay of brown-sugar sweetness and tar-like dryness. Finish Peaty, leafy, reedy. A certain sandy grittiness. Comment Wood finishes are still fun and may recruit new enthusiasts for malt. Dawn, Dusk, Voyager...this is becoming confusing. Of those three (Port, Bordeaux and Port again), Dawn seems the lightest all-round.

Dave Broom Nose Perfumed and winey: lavender, peat smoke, red fruits, strawberry jam, rhubarb and custard sweeties. Water intensifies the perfume: sage, peat smoke, orange, drying seaweed, heather. Palate Mulled wine beside a peat fire. Hessian, clove, sour cherry. Finish A little hot. Sweet. Smoky. Comment Like sucking a wine gum in a kiln. A little too winey for me.