Dewar Rattray Bowmore 17 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 59 by Martine Nouet and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Martine Nouet Nose Enticing. Cloved orange. Moth balls. A touch of old leather armchair. Shoe polish. Smoky. Cold ashtray. A marine hint. Palate Sherry. A bit cardboardy. Distant coaltar. Date chutney. Getting bitter. Oak speaks out. Finish Dry, bitter. Comment The nose is more interesting than the palate. A full bodied character which has flirted a bit too long with wood. Might suit cigar palates.

Dave Broom Nose Dullish green rim. Dried sage and lavender/parma violet, seashore. water increases the perfume lavender eau de toilette. Palate Soapy and sweet though with plenty of smoke trying to cover it up. A peat fire in a lady’s bathroom? Finish Nutty yet tacky. Comment This is where Bowmore was stuck for too long.