Some nice age in a decent cask variety, I’m looking forward to seeing how this is.
Minutia: Distilled at Bowmore between 2001 and 2003 and matured in ex-bourbon and ex-Sherry casks for 16-18 years and bottled in 2020 yielding 1320 bottles. Reviewed blind, neat in an opaque glencairn.
Color: Jonquil, ripe corn; 0.4.
Nose: Seaside smoke. Sweet bread.
Taste: Sweet, malt, pepper, banana. Coffee.
Finish: Vegetation, wood. Long. A fruitiness works its way in over time, but I can’t identify it.
Guess: Bowmore, maybe a Caol Ila.
After yesterday, I’m glad this one held up better. While I prefer my Bowmore’s to have a bit more punch, this is nice and light, with a lot of sweetness, and still some smoke in there. It doesn’t touch the Bowmore’s I’ve reviewed recently of a similar age, but it does outdo the one from yesterday. I get the sense this gets better as it sits in the glass.
Score: 81
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