80
- Nose
- Reedy, leafy. Dry, smoky. Burnt grass. Sun-dried grass. Hay.
- Palate
- Cereal grain. Nutty. Malty dryness, and some oaky sweetness.
- Finish
- Very dry maltiness. Vegetal. Lavender. Parsley. Sea air.
- Comment
- Has mellowed with age. I missed the more assertively maritime characteristics in some younger Bowmores.
85
- Nose
- Rich and powerful with a slight biscuity edge. Leather, smoke, burnt orange peel, sultana, Dundee cake. Lovely elegance, mixed nuts, heather, seaweed.
- Palate
- Really sweet start, walnut cake, peach, treacle, then the peat surges through along with chocolate powder, wood.
- Finish
- Fruit cake, peach dry and smoky.
- Comment
- A big, elegant, powerful dram that's beautifully balanced.
Whisky Magazine Issue 22
Festival Previews - Collecting - Forsyth's - Caramel - 12 year olds tasting.
Published May 2002.
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