Bowmore 1973 21 Year Old

Bowmore 18 Year Old / Vintner's Trilogy Part 1

The Bowmore Vinter’s Trilogy is – as the name suggest – a trilogy of Bowmore with a link to wine. The three releases are the Bowmore 18 Manzanilla cask (sitting in front of me right now), the Bowmore 26 French Oak Barrique (wine cask) and the Bowmore 27 Port Cask. This 18 years old spent its first 13 years in former bourbon barrels and then was...

Score 87/100

Bowmore Legend

Bowmore Legend is a no-age statement fairly cheap Islay malt. I've heard it suggested it's around 7 years old and that doesn't seem to be far off the mark. It's got taste a-plenty but not much on the finish and very little in the way of complexity. That being said, sometimes it's nice to have a whisky that you don't need to do any work on. As a...

Score 73/100

Bowmore 12 Year Old

Nose: at first smoke, then flowers and tropical fruits. Palate: smoky, honey, descreet oranges. Finish: slightly salty and short. A little bit weakish at 40%, but decent.

Score 82/100

Bowmore Darkest Sherry Cask Finish

Firstly I should probably make it abundantly clear that these notes relate to the Bowmore Darkest from the "old" series, which had no age statement on the bottle and was - as the name suggests - quite a dark coloured whisky. The first thing you notice is of course the colour - a sort of attention-grabbing deep auburn. If this was the...

Score 80/100