Bowmore 12 Year Old Bottled 1980's

Bowmore 15 Year Old Laimrig batch 1

(This Laimrig commemorated Feis Ile 2011.) First vapor: Cherry-cedar and leather. Nose: Sharp bitter dark chocolate or dark roasted coffee beans. Further breathing shows toasted walnuts, dates, and orange peel. Even more breathing brings out salty toffee as the dominant character with cherry (the other scents remain, as accents). Palate: Spash of...

Score 93/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old Enigma

Bowmore is the captial of Islay, but it's not at all a big place. The distillery, however, is not only the largest on the island, but also the oldest, founded in 1779. The spirit is used for the blends King Pride, Clan Roy, Black Bottle and Islay Legend. But there are of course quite a few bottlings as single malts. This expression, the 12 Year...

Score 81/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

Having tasted my first Bowmore 12 year at brunch last week, I decided that it would be my next bottle purchase. I am now enjoying a glass on a miserable, wet Saturday afternoon. Every bit as good as my first tasting, it has just the right amount of peaty smokiness and smoothness, with just the right amount of burn to make it interesting. I love...

Score 90/100

Duncan Taylor The Octave - Bowmore 1982

After reading the outline of how this one works - with the high-wood contact small cask conditioning - I was expecting a bit of a sherried belter, however it turned out to be quite a delicious and structured dram that was all about the pleasure and not in this slightest about punishment. My initial sniff had to be toned down considerably, with the...

Score 85/100