Bowmore Claret Bordeaux Wine Cask

Bowmore Legend

This is my first Bowmore. I went to the liquor shop several times with intension to buy Bowmore 12 but always ended up in buying something different. This time I was advised to try Legend instead of 12yo, so ok, I bought Bowmore Legend to start my experience with Bowmore from the beginning of their regular range. Well, after trying it I have mixed...

Score 83/100

Bowmore 21 Year Old

This one is the standard 21 Year Old, but an older bottle that a bunch of us purchased as a group and shared. We believe it was distilled in 1974. The colour is a dark amber. On the nose we have rich aromas of leather, shoe polish, wet bonfire, savoury herbs and a hint of tar. Peat smoke, of course, but it is behind the oak and the malt. Dark...

Score 95/100

Bowmore 14 Year Old 1981 Wilson & Morgan

This is a young old Bowmore. You’ll understand when I say that it matured for just 14 years, but was already distilled in 1981. I was 11. This has been in the bottle for over 20 years. I was able to score a sample from my Italian colleague Enrico, who own more of these golden auldies. It has a cosy dirty nose with lots of grasses, roots, machine...

Score 86/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

On the nose, The Bowmore was rather smoky. This smoke was present on the palate as well the dram was lifted unexpectedly by delicate fingers of honey sweetness and a puff of citrus which existed almost more in the nose than in the mouth. And the finish added a tiny hint of bitterness–almost beneath the threshold of conscious notice–that pulled all...

Score 86/100