54,7°
Distillery : Bowmore - Islay
Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Duncan Taylor Limited
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2006
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 25 ppm
Founded in 1938, Duncan Taylor Limited is a trading company so respected that they bring their own casks to the distilleries to fill and leave the whisky to age on site. In particular, they have a very special relationship with Bowmore and brought the best bottlings to market in the 1960s. Here we have a Bowmore distilled in 1982, aged in a single Bourbon cask, and produced in just 208 bottles. A rarity. The Rare Auld range seems to be dead. There were still some in 2021, but not yet this year. And there's no mention of it on the company's website.
Let's Taste It :
Banana and white plum, mirabelle, periwinkles, hint of smoke. The exotic fruits increase in intensity, papaya, maracuja, mango, and become softer and sweeter, in the end resembling Haribo candies. At the same time, the smoke thickens, with gravel and coarse salt, without the fruit weakening: chasselas grapes, kumquat, Williams pear. Ointment, pomade, incense, Vicks vaporub. The palate is satiny at first, with rose loukoum, crushed almonds, lemon zest, then a firework of spices, paprika, cumin, nutmeg, ras el hanout. The finish is very long, explosive but with a slight restraint, black earth and liquorice, very rich exotic fruits, the banana becomes very ripe, black and dried.
In Short,
It’s a little masterpiece, as you might expect. Bourbon barrel ageing is not my favorite, yet here we have a major accomplishment. Deeply fruity, and at the same time the smoke and the medicinal Islay character are present. Superb. On the other hand I did not smell any floral fragrances, it is possible that I missed something. The price is not so incredible, but you have to find this bottle, it is not easy.
Score: 91
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Big Thief - Not
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