48,4°
Distillery : Bowmore - Islay
Refill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Douglas Laing & Co.
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 25 ppm
At Douglas Laing, they bottle quite a few Bowmores, just 7 last year. Including this one, which spent 10 years in a Refill Bourbon Barrel before being delivered to the public in the form of 288 bottles. Old Particular is sometimes Cask Strength, but when it's not, it's always reduced to the same level, as in this case, 48.4°.
Let's Taste It :
An airy, crystalline peat combined with brioche and pastry cream. Small candied lemons, discreet notes of vanilla, exotic fruits, papaya, banana, prickly pear. A generous pinch of salt, rock, sea spray, foam full of kelp. Quartz and silica. It's very well-balanced on the palate, but a little light. It's silky, smooth, fruit pastes, barely perceptible oak, cooked apples, discreet spices, a nut of treacle. Long, very restrained finish, an ounce of charcoal, limestone, guano, wild honey, hot corn.
In Short,
An excellent Bowmore, full of sea spray, with notes of lemon and exotic fruit. Everything you'd expect from this distillery. What a shame it's not a Cask Strength, that would be a marvel. But it's still very pleasant to drink, and bewitching. The price seems a little high to me, so best to buy on special offer.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Cacks - Remedy
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