Bowmore 21 Year Old Aston Martin Masters Selection 2024

Bowmore Adelphi 1996 19 Year Old Bowmore

Adelphi Bowmore, 19 years old, distilled in 1996, refill sherry cask, 214 bottles from the cask at 57.2% abv. Adelphi, where do you start? One of my favorite bottlers, I've never had a bad bottle from them, even a ok bottle from them. Everything I've tried from them has been stellar. To say I'm a bit of a fan boy, doesn't quite cover it. If you...

Score 91/100

Bowmore Darkest Sherry Cask Finish

This pale gold dram is very creamy and the legs in the glass are stunning. A good sign. The nose is deliciously complex. After the initial peat is a whole scala of dark fruits (berries, prumes), a touch of liquorice and something that reminds me of cough syrup. On the palate you get a wonderful continuation of the nose with a full and rich...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 25 Year Old 1994 Adelphi

Adelphi, the independent bottler who has recently also released its very first single malt – Ardnamurchan – bottled this old Bowmore. It’s a refill sherry cask that was filled in 1994 and then matured for a quarter century, yielding just shy of 500 bottles at just over 54% with a color that already makes me smile. Ah, a dark and sweet nose with...

Score 88/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Nose: When appropriately cold, like smelling a slightly smoky and very dark chocolate candy: with wafts of toffee vanilla, cinnamon, cedar, and dark cherry. When a tad warm, like a pig on an island spit-- ham roasting over a pile of cedar and lighter fluid. Unless you are actually at such a bacony beachside barbecue, you should make precautions to...

Score 88/100