Bowmore Tempest 10 Year Old Batch 2

Bowmore 16 Year Old 1995 Silver Seal

Max Righi – whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few times – is de man behind the Italian bottler Silver Seal. He is considered to be the successor of Sesante. Those are big shoes to fill! But he does it well. I have already tried quite a few lovely malts from Silver Seal such as a great Ardbeg, Glen Keith, Littlemill and Macallan....

Score 90/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Bowmore's a distillery with a great legacy but over the past few years they have been subject to quite a bit of criticism for a few below par releases. I have visited this distillery and I really love the place and that makes me a bit biased towards everything that they bring out and this is one of those expressions that keeps my faith going...

Score 89/100

Bowmore 14 Year Old 1999 Mashmen’s Selection

In 2008 a wonderful animal of a whisky was released as the Bowmore Maltmen’s Selection, although it carried a hefty price tag of 300 EUR (for a 13 Year Old whisky). So what to think of the successor, this 14 Year Old Mashmen’s Selection that is only available at the distillery. Will it be equally good? Only half as many bottles were filled and you...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 23 Year Old 1989 Port Cask Matured

This new Limited Edition (is that not a misnomer with no less than twelve thousand bottles?) matured for 23 long years on port casks. It was distilled in the year Suntory got its first shares in this Islay distillery (the majority of shares and hence control would follow a few years later). Another gem that I brought home from a whisky festival....

Score 89/100