Bowmore 7 Year Old 2002 Murray McDavid

Bowmore 17 Year Old "White Sands"

A relatively new release from Bowmore, and having been a big fan of their classic 17YO from a few years back I grabbed a bottle as soon as I could. However, this is quite markedly different from the classic 17YO Bowmore which I recall as being salty, lemony and very dry. The nose is predominantly tropical fruits - I get pineapple and passion...

Score 85/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old Laimrig batch 1

I have finally obtained a bottle of this most elusive Bowmore expression. Having heard such good things about and after searching for well over a year I'm really looking to sampling this. Soft sweet ripe red fruits dominate the nose with raisins in there and cherries - very clearly sherry. Woodsmoke then drifts over it before a treacle edge makes...

Score 92/100

Bowmore Darkest Sherry Cask Finish

The nose is smoky, salty, with caramel sweetness - very engaging. Fairly simple taste - smoke, peat and a sherry sweetness, and while that sounds nice enough the balance of the flavours is really something to experience - it's like all the flavours are perfectly weighted. It's also quite powerful - as flavourful as some cask strengths. The finish...

Score 90/100

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