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Distillery : Bowmore - Islay
Oloroso Sherry Casks and Red Wine Barriques
Original Bottling
Travel Retail Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2016
Peated around 25 ppm
Between 2013 and 2015, the distillery released three limited editions entitled The Devil's Casks Series. Produced in cask strength and aged in sherry, they were a great success. So much so that the following year, a new edition was launched for the travel trade, inspired by this series. The difference is that this time it's reduced, and it's no longer aged exclusively in sherry casks, so I imagine it's very loosely inspired.
Let's Taste It :
Very rich, very intense sherry. Smoked raspberry. Humus, damp undergrowth. Midsummer bonfire in the forest. We warm ourselves by a large fire in the middle of the night, in the countryside. A ripe pomegranate is opened. The seeds crush in your hand. The juice between the fingers. Beautiful balance between smoke and red fruits. Mouth almost maderised. Cherry, morello cherry, blackberry, a few gooseberries, wood and charcoal. Smoked ham. Increasingly strong spices, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, grey pepper. Then blueberry, quince and apricot jam. The finish is sparkling, intense, greedy, wine-lees, cola, cocoa, coffee beans, very long, superb. Strawberry juice mixed with sugar at the end.
In Short,
I can't believe it. A very intense, well-balanced sherry, successfully blended with wine casks. It's superb value for money, which this distillery hasn't accustomed us to at all. A bottling like this in the regular range, and Bowmore would regain its reputation. Unfortunately, as a limited edition, it has become almost impossible to find and the price has almost doubled.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man
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