Queen of the Moorlands Bowmore 1995, Rare Cask

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 60 by Dave Broom and Arthur Motley.

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Tasting Notes

Dave Broom Nose Fruit juice, melon, banana milkshake and a tight grassiness coupled with whittled sticks, woodsmoke. Water makes it more plain with a light marine touch. Seems young. Palate Very hard and quite firm with a sweet centre lurking. Water doesn’t loosen it. Immature with a slight chemical flavour. Finish Flinty, hard then starts to loosen. Comment Nothing wrong, just bottled too early.

Arthur Motley Nose Lots of vanilla sweetness, pears, smoked almonds, and wood smoke. A minerally character with creosote and ash. With time and water, more floral, pot pourri elements appear. Parma violets. Palate Again, minerally with that floral element lying above the earth and smoke. Finish Ash and parma violets. Comment Fairly typical of the distillery, and a solid, tasty example.