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	Bowmore
			Sample
O.B.	12 years	17 1/3
	Enigma	18
	Legend	15 1/3
	Mariner	17 2/3
	Surf	15 2/3
	16 years, vintage 1989	18
	17 years	18 1/3
	18 years		17
	Cask Strength	17
	Darkest	17 1/4
	Dawn	18 1/2
	Dusk	18 1/5
	21 years	17 1/2
Bresser&Timmer / The Nectar	Daily Dram: Womb Ore 9 years	19
Duncan Taylor	1968, 34 years	19
	1968, 37 years		19
	Taste Still 1968 (from Duncan Taylor)		18
Dewar Rattray	Cask Collection, 15 years	19 1/3
	Cask Collection, 17 years for Bresser & Timmer	19
	Cask Collection, 9 years	19
Jean Boyer	Best Casks of Scotland, 2001-2007	18
Signatory	Cask Sample 1992	18
Taste Still	Taste Still 1982		18
Ian McLeod	Chieftain's Choice 10 years	18
The Ultimate Whisky Company	2000	16
	2002		17

 

Bowmore Legend
Age	8 years
Alcohol	40%
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

 This very popular version of Bowmore has no cause to be jealous of other malts in the same price class. The first impression is that peat and smoke are present. The taste is lovely, but as it happens often with relatively young spirit, it is not yet full-bodied. The finish is rather long, and keeps the taste in the mouth, not really the pleasure. It has an excellent quality-price rating, but the whole is slightly disappointing, particularly after having tasted other products of this mythic distillery.

At the second tasting, the nose was peaty and smoky, with a sweet character, slightly sugared, but without other distinct aromas. In the palate, this whisky is very sweet, even if the smoke and peat are dominating. The violet taste, which is so typical of Bowmore is not present. The final is rather short, and does not let a great memory...

The nose detects smoke with some background peat, without any complexity. In the palate, the impression to drink peated water with a smoky taste. Some malt on the background, and despite the young age of this whisky, a slight woody touch, the whole giving an "watery" impression. This whisky is promising, but bottled at this age, rather deceiving. A short finish, where the only memory remains the presence of smoke.

 

 

Bowmore Darkest
Age	14 years
Alcohol	43%
Cask	Sherry oloroso
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

 First nosing detects immediately the typical fragrances of a great Bowmore: slight peat, violet and slight smoke hints. The tasting just confirms the nosing. The sherry finish adds a taste contrasting with the traditional peat, and contributes to the great success of this exceptional single malt. A very good Bowmore. It's price however might not be affordable for anybody.

The nose is rather peaty but marked by sherry with on the background some violet hints. In the palate, the violet dominates in a whole which shows sometimes a lack at power. There is some bitterness as well. The finish is rather long and is marked by sherry with peaty notes.

The nose is clear, with nice woody and spicy hints, and interesting sherry notes to crown the whole. Some citrus fruits and some smoke on the background. In the palate, a very complex impression, mixing earthy dryness to fine touches of violet, the latter dominating clearly after a while. The lingering finish keeps a memory of a violet growing in a peat bog...

A very nice nose with an over-obvious presence of sherry. All the smoothness of a well round sherry and a touch of gentian bitterness mix together to give a particular colour to this nose which finally detects some cut grass and liquorice hints, Despite its complexity, this nose is rather flat. In the palate, violet hints become immediately obvious. From extremely discrete at the nose, they become soon dominant in the mouth. A touch of smoke and a light woody impression appear after a few seconds. The finish is rather long and a discrete bitterness hides hardly the obsessing memory of violet.

 

 

Bowmore Cask Strength
Age	15 years
Alcohol	56%
Particularity	Cask Strength
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

 Another typical Bowmore. The long finish of this cask strength is very pleasant. The art of Bowmore is to give a pleasant taste, something like"sugar-smoky" to a very strong whisky, which should burn the tongue, but which flatters it.

The second revealed the contrast between the smoothness and the (cask)strength of this nice whisky from the very first nosing. In the palate, the wonderful little liquorice taste is emphasised by the alcohol degree, and lets a great memory of iodine and perfumed peat. An interesting finish.

The third nosing revealed a mix of sweat and violet perfume, with some marine hints, seaweed and sea spray on the background. The mouth is clearly dominated by pronounced hints of violet ans some malty notes. A nice finish, rather long, but still dominated by those typical notes of a certain era of Bowmore...

Comment by J.L. Zamora

Nose: light peaty and seewt (sehrry)
Mouth: sweet at the start, touch of peaty, warming at the mouth whit some time

New Bottling, 56%

Comment by Johannes Sauer

Colour: Red golden copper
Nose: A very funny and somewhat irritating mix: Yoghurt, crushed black pepper, old leather armchairs, also wet newspaper, rubber, dark pipe tobacco (latakia), shower gel, marmalade, cigar ash and citrus peel. But the melange, the recipe seems wrong, all in all very interesting but not fascinating, somehow not right weighted.
Taste: without water very full, firm and malty, smoke and burnt sugar, but here also the sour cream (alas! not lemon or other citrus notes, for me it's yoghurt, sour cream or something like diary cheese) takes its place and leaves a mixed impression. With water there is some perfumed soap notes added.
Finish: Long, warm and peppered, like the whole dram it is very multilayered and complex: There is now brown sugar and squee! zed grapes added, we finally leave that diary shop and enjoy those still somewhat confusing last impressions.
Conc.: This is a very complex, interesting and for sure not boring dram. I would accept this bottle without problems if it were an independent single cask bottling. My advice is: Get a bottle and there will be plenty to discuss with your friends.... But unfortunately this is not my cup of tea
Date: Nov/06/2008
Price in Germany ca 40,00 Euro

 

Bowmore Mariner
Age	15 years
Alcohol	43%
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

This marvelous version of Bowmore, aged 15 is absolutely delicious. All the specific hints of Bowmore are immediately recognized: peat, smoke and this little violet fragrance. Probably one of the best bottlings of the distillery, and quite nice priced. A must in every collection.

The nose evokes the smells of undergrowth by the sea. Vegetal hits mixed with iodine sea air. The palate is dominated by the salt, and some violet hints appear on the background. The taste is first rather plain, but gets quickly more complex. The finish is long and very pleasant.

The nose is marked by sea hints with some meat touches (leather) and a smokey background; In the palate, the typical violet taste of Bowmore dominates other salty and smokey flavours . A lingering and pleasant, but dry finish.

 

Bowmore 12 years
Age	12 years
Alcohol	40%
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

This Bowmore with its smoky ant peaty hints gives very pleasant sensations. Unlike older versions, the violet hint is not present. This malt is more classical, but the salted sea stays present. An excellent long finish extends the pleasure for a while. It's price is also very nice. An essential bottle.

The second tasting's conclusion was that the enthusiastic quotation of the first one was slightly exaggerated. Smoke and peat are still present, but more discrete than the first time, and the finish seemed shorter.

A sweet nose, clearly fruity (pear) very pleasant and complex, announces a very good whisky. In the palate, some oily feeling with peaty and smoley hints seem to dominate the fruits announced by the nose. A very nice finish, lingering and marked by a pleasant mix of peat and ripe fruits. A quite nice version from that distillery.

 

Comment by Henrik Johansson

Date of tasting: 27/9 2007
Apperance: Deep copper Nose: Sweet with some prickle. Medicinal notes, diesel oil, scorched plastic, citric fruits, lavendar and some smoke. Diluted dram lends incense fumes, raisins, solvent elements and some peat. Quite sharp.
Body: Light to medium, a little oily.
Palate: Sweet start. Pleasant palate with decent finish but not very complex. Nice and uncomplicated Islay notes with balanced smoked flavours, dryness-sweetness and some fruits.
Comments: Opens up more with some resting in the glass.
80/100

 

Bowmore Surf
Age	12 years
Alcohol	40%
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

This "bottom of the range" whisky is really surprising, and it was difficult for me to give it a good appreciation. The nose recognizes a typical Islay, rather smooth, without dominant fragrances. It could have been an Caol Ila. The peaty and smoked taste is pleasant, but the long finish is disappointing. The bitter impression contrasts with the smooth and fine taste and smell.... This malt contributes probably to the fact that many whisky lovers (who do not know other malts of this distillery) think Bowmore is not one of the greatest distilleries. My opinion is that this bottle does not really reflect the know-how of Morrison Bowmore. On the other hand, it's price makes it a single malt with a good price-quality rate.

The same difficulty to determine the ranking of this bottle, just like at the first tasting was present at the second one. Peat and smoke are present, at nosing and tasting. A certain lack at complexity, particularly in the palate, and a finish, more salty than really pleasant. However, the first quotation seems to low, even if this is not at very special bottle, and the pleasure it gives deserves more than the first quotation.

A nose somewhere between smoked malt and slightly peppery peat. A lack of character in the palate. Hints of oily peat and a light smoke. A rather smooth finish, of average length. Average, just like the whisky itself.

 

 

Bowmore Dusk
Age	14 years
Alcohol	50%
Cask	Claret
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

 This claret finish version of Bowmore is really marvelous. Pure pleasure. Like in other versions of this distillery, the violet taste, mixed with some well balanced peat hints are a great pleasure source. The exceptional finish makes that the pleasure stays very long...

The pleasure from the first tasting remains unchanged for the second one. The typical balanced smell lets indicates immediately a Bowmore, but at the very first contact in the mouth, with this violet and peat touches, it is clear that it is this wonderful Bowmore. Really one of the best malts I ever tasted.

The very pleasant nose is extraordinary complex, mixing violet smells with raspberries, iodine and smoke. The taste develops clearly from a malted attack to fruity hints, first citrus fruits, then red fruits (raspberries). A wonderful finish, recalling the violet touches the nose detected.

A very nice nose, with a sweet mix of fruits, flowers and salt and a light veil of smoke on the background. The palate is dominated by a violet perfume with some malted hints. Not really complex, but very pleasant and very original, however. A nice finish just continuing on the mouth impressions, fruity and floral.

The nose presents very nice peaty hints. A beautiful and bewitching oily peat. Really fine. A kind of freshness seems to come through but the peat remains clearly dominating. A hint of plum jam and a touch of chocolate. The mouth is amazing. A very pronounced taste of violet sweet and no peat at all anymore. It seems to have completely disappeared behind a kind of floral freshness without any link to the nose. This is clearly a Bowmore from the era before 2000. The finish is completely dominated by this typical taste some really like... It is not my case anymore.

 

 

Bowmore Dawn
Age	No age statement
Alcohol	51,5%
Cask	Porto
Bottling	Official
Price/litre

 

 This real delicacy begins by delighting the nose, which annouces a very great pleasure in the mouth. The violet sweet back in my childhood were not different. The taste is so nice, that one forget nearly the high acoholol percentage. It is not really a cask strength, but is not so far away from it. A great pleasure, a great moment, and a very great whisky. Once more, Bowmore has given us a example of a marvelllous succes.

The second tasting just completely confirmed the first one

A very nice nose, fruity (beautiful hints of fruits of the forest mixed with some violet perfume), malty and slightly spiced. In the mouth, a nice balance between fruit, violet and spices, on a discrete smoky background. An excellent finish, lingering and warming.

The first nose is clearly marked by sherry and wood. Very expressive. Nice spicy notes, pepper and cardamom complete the first impressions and hide smoky hints on the background. Hints of sea air, very discrete seaweed smells to finish the overview. The first impression in the palate is very fruity, with clear lavender or violet hints. The whole is extraordinary smooth and rather complex. The finish is lingering and warm and the floral hints of the mouth remain quite active. A malty smoothness tempers the violet side of the finish.

 

 

Bowmore 17 years
Age	17 years
Alcohol	43%
Bottler	Official
Price/litre

 

A very complex and pleasant nose, whith sea hints, but however close to barley. In the palate, the malted barley is very present, with the impression to have a haddock in the mouth... A strong sea feeling. Delicious... A lingering and warm finish, with interesting smoke hints. A very great bottle, without this violet hint, so characteristic of some other Bowmore.

The first nosing gives some strange impression of wax mixed with green appels on a peaty background and discrete seaweed hints. In the palate, first an impression of acidity and the taste seems to be behind the expectations of the nose. Behind this acidity, strong hints of malted barley on the seaside. A rather dry and bitter finish, with some woody hints.

Quite a "countryside" nose, with farm smells of wet hay, spices, well marked pepper, a hint of smoke and lots of sea air. The mouth is first quite bitter, with a touch of acidity, citrus fruit, but seems to be somewhat weak, even watery. However it is quite complex, and after a while, this whisky reveals its character fully. Something like small fireworks with a palette of tastes from walnut to orange, through salty and chocolate aromas. Very impressive finish, with citrus aromas mixed with the memories of the palate, and some light floral notes at the end.

 

Bowmore 21 years
Age	21 years
Alcohol	43%
Bottler	Official
Price/litre

The nose is first quite discrete and after a wile begins to devolop it fineness and the beautiful balance between peat and smoke, and still later, nice sherry notes. The palate is clearly less nice as the nose was, giving a kind of "watery" impression, slightly spiced. The finish, by opposition, is remarkably long and nicel iodinized.

The nose is gently fruity. Despite a certain discretion, nice slightly woody notes, mix of notes and plum jam.
The mouth is as discrete as the nose was. Light variations between nearly ripe apple and walnut constitute a nice whole, without however giving a very great pleasure.
The finish is rather short, and a palette of hints from unripe walnut (more bitter than in the mouth) and malt are the main characteristics.

Bowmore Enigma
Age	12 years
Alcohol	40%
Bottler	Official
Cask	Sherry
Price/litre

The nose reveals nice marine but however sugared notes, mixing some toffee hints with nice smoly ones. In the palate, the dry peat is clearly present, contrasting with delicious sweet citrus fruit ones. Sweet, as this hints are not too acid. A lovely finish, with clear memories of citrus and some kind of bitterness on the background.

A light bitterness, walnut smell, discrete and very pleasant wood, dry fruit and a touch of plum behind a veil of sherry. Smoke and salt.
The mouth is first rather bitter but develops slowly from hazelnut notes to more woody ones through nice fruity touches, prolonging perfectly the nose impressions. Some discrete peaty hints as well.
The finish is rather long and fresh. Hazelnut remains present.

A nice fresh nose, between cut grass and ripe fruit (from peach to plum). A touch of smoke. Nice announced complexity.
The first mouth is both acid (green apple, unripe fruit) and slightly bitter (cashew nut). This bitterness seems to get the upper hand, developing on plum jam fragrances. A nice contrast with the nose.
The finish is lingering and this plum jam impression is fulfilled with remote chocolate hints.

This was a blind tasting, The bottle is opened since many months, and apparently, all reference to peat has gone, but the general appreciation is not affected. It looks like aeration has deeply changed this whisky, making another one of it... but with an equal level of quality.

Comment by Henrik Johansson

Date of tasting: 27/9 2007
Apperance: Mahogany brown or dark copper
Nose: Pleasantly rounded and balanced. Warm and sherried with just a touch of peat smoke. Complex, winey and floral notes, woody and fresh. Perfume, mown hay and some tar. Fruit notes become dryer in reduced dram while nutmeg and vanilla notes are revealed. Overall very rich. Body: Light to medium
Palate: Round and full. Fruity notes. Middle is sort of sulphury and quite rich.
Finish reveals some peat. Well balanced, sherried sweetness.

Bowmore 16 Vintage 1989
Age	16 years
Alcohol	51,8%
Bottler	Official
Particularities	Un chill filtered Natural Cask Strength Straight form the cask
Price/litre

A typical "islay nose", with an elegant smoke and delicious complex hints from walnut to barley, through nougat and other sweets. In the palate, first impression is smoke, which develops quickly on fruit and even citrus fruits, before coming back on malt, the whole being partially hidden behing a veil of smoke. A very nice finish, powerful and smooth at the time, contrasting with the fireworks of the mout. No trace of violet, like in many other products of this distillery. It is probably the best Bowmore I ever tasted.

A clear nose presenting first a kind of medicinal profile before developing on discrete notes of smoke and peat. The nose develops slowly on quite complex fruity hints (exotic fruit, apricot). Complex but subtly discrete.
The first impression in the palate is a nice complexity, from the cereal to clear violet notes (as we get used from Bowmore...) before coming back to more classical fruity notes. Obviously, the Bowmore whiskies produced in the 80's or 90's will keep this violet reputation for a long time. Just a pity this strange taste partially destroying the charm of this whisky by it annoying character. I must confess I liked this special taste quite a lot a few years ago even if it really bores me now.
The finish is quite long and here too, this excessive violet taste just spoils the pleasure.
Rereading the last tasting note (written about 2 years ago) I'm really surprise I insist on the absence of this violet marker in this whisky because this time it was really obvious. Could this be due to a kind of "time bomb"? Because if I really insisted on the absence of this flavour, it really means it did not appear the first time, as I already was aware of this characteristic of Bowmore.

 

Bowmore Chieftain's Choice 10 years
Age	10 years
Alcohol	43%
Bottler	Ian McLeod
Price/litre

 

It is very curious, but Bowmore is not a distillery where one can expect good product bottled by independant bottlers from. Is this due to the large range of excellent official bottlings or to the fame of the distillery?... Anyway I hesitated since a long time to buy this bottle. I was completely wrong. This bottle is wonderful from the very first nosing. A complex smoky sweetness fills up the nose. The impression in the palate is very complex as well, from some peat hints to more acid ones, citrus fruit, going on a long and pleasant finish, with some flower and wood fruit hints.....

First, a dominant smoke smell, but amazingly mixed to hints of ripe fruits, like pears or peaches. In the palate, this whisky is very complex, with all the characteristics of a Boxmore: smoke, peat, berries, iodine. A very interesting finish, rather long, dominated by sweet touches of fruits. After all that smoke, this finish is amazing.

The nose is clearly marked by smoke and by the smoothness og ripe fruits, some liquorice hints too. In the palate, first impression is the fruity sweetness of melon or peach, with some walnut hints on a marine background, and finally it developes on characteristic smokey notes. A pleasant finish, just like the mouth, first on fruit and then on smoke.

 

Bowmore Cask sample 11 years
Age	11 years
Alcohol	56%
Bottler	Signatory
Price/litre

A very remarkable nose, powerful, floral with slight peat hints on the background. Nice fruity notes too.In the palate, this whisky reveals really its power, at the time slightly acid (citrus fruit) and clearly smoky. A very nice finish, lingering and warm, recalling widely the acidity of citrus fruit with some peaty hints.

 

Bowmore Cask collection 15 years
Age	15 years
Alcohol	56,5%
Bottler	Dewar Rattray
Cask	Sherry
Price/litre

A very nice nose marked by sherry, some discrete hay noes, iodine, a touch of peat an smoke on the background. The oily texture in the mouth is very nice too, and the taste is pleasant, delicioulsy complex, with alternatively fruity tastes where some raspberry and wild strawberry seem to be hidden and delicate sherry notes, chocolate, the whole ending in a very great happiness, even if alcohol seems sometimes to be quite present as well. A perfectly balanced whisky. The finis is lingering, nicely marked by sherry and chocolate memories. No trace at all of this violette flavour which has been characteristic of the production of the group for years.
Really an exceptional bottle.

A very nice nose marked by sherry and peat smoke. Notes of chocolate and dry fruits. In the palate, a pleasant impression of a great complexity, where smoke share drinker's attention with plum tastes, a hint of liquorice and a very fine woody hint developing on coffee and moka notes. Salt is rather present as well and enhances the complexity of this very nice whisky. A wonderful lingering  finish, exactly on the same tones than in the mouth, with its slightly woody notes and its chocolate hints.

The nose is clearly influenced by sherry. Very nice complexity as behind the sherry nice but discrete hints of peat and smoke are clearly present, merged to ripe fruits and acid citrus fruits. The different components seem to appear in a random order, and in a kind of unordered cycle. Very pleasant impression.
In the mouth, an immediate contrast between the sweet notes and the bitter ones, an impression of incense, wood, malt, great happiness. After this taste explosion, a lasting impression of spices, pepper remains.
The finish just prolongs the mouth. Pepper seems to be common theme before developing on slightly bitter notes, between walnut and wood. An unique experience, an extraordinary whisky.

Bowmore Cask collection 17 years For Bresser & Timmer
Age	17 years
Alcohol	54.1%
Bottler	Dewar Rattray
Cask	Bourbon
Price/litre

A wonderfully fresh nose, with notes of hay and mint, a touch of peat and of smoke, the whole being perfectly balanced and relatively complex. In the palate an amazing balance with menthol notes, a nice bitterness with refined woody touches and citrus notes (orange).
Amazing palate. Smoothness despite the degree of alcohol, balance despite the complexity, contrast between the citrus acid and the woody bitterness. Despite all those contrasts, the whole is perfectly balanced. Very light presence of peat and a touch of smoke.
The finish prolongs perfectly the mouth. Smoothness in the contrast, contrast in the smoothness. Excellent bottle.
Nothing to do with what the Bowmore distillery provided us with for the past 20 years..

Bowmore Cask collection 9 years
Age	9 years
Alcohol	62.3%
Bottler	Dewar Rattray
Fût	Sherry
Price/litre

The first nose is very close to the sea with its seaweed, sea spray, salt and high seas hints. Nice peat notes and some smoke even enhance the pleasure of this nose.
The first mouth is warm, complex with a nice development on chocolate then coffee notes and the exceptional percentage of alcohol does never hinder the tasting.
The finish is pleasantly long with clear nutty notes and the memory of a great happiness. Just another of those excellent Bowmores from after the times of the pervasive violet taste ...
Just a drop of water and the pleasure enhances again. This just confirms that a whisky does not necessarily have to be old to be excellent.

Bowmore Peerless 34 years 1968-2002
Age	34 years
Alcohol	43,3%
Bottler	Duncan Taylor
Price/litre

The nose is finely peated, a slight smell of mouldy wood, but very nice fruity notes too (plum), dry fruits which make this interesting nose even more complex. The first mouth is slightly bitter, hazelnut, cashew nut, rapidly followed by slightly acid hints, keeping the impression of mouldy wood and fine peat which already characterized the nose. The finish is very long, exactly on the same palette than the nose and mouth were.

Bowmore 2001-2007
Age	No age statement
Alcohol	43º
Bottler	Jean Boyer
Price/litre

Clearly a sea influence at the first nosing, with smoke notes. Some peat on the beach on a windy day, as the whole remains relatively discrete. No real strong whiffs but a nicely balanced discretion announcing a beautiful dram.
In the palate, very nice and contrasted notes of chocolate (mocha) and a slight spicy impression. The nose did no lie, this is a very nice balanced and specially pleasant whisky.
The finish develops on smoke before coming clearly back on this chocolate flavour so present in the mouth.
An amazing whisky for its age. An excellent surprise and a great success.

Bowmore 2000 The Ultimate single malt whisky selection
Age	7 years
Alcohol	46%
Bottler	Ultimate whisky company (Van Wees)
Cask	Bourbon
Price/litre

Quite a discrete and fresh nose where smoke and peat are largely present. Some animal hints and notes of wet hay.
In the very first mouth, nothing... but after a while a kind of burning sensation in the throat (and curiously not on the tongue). It is the moment smoke and peat hints decided to appear. No complexity and no refinement, the youth of this whisky is obvious. On the other hand, no trace of violet, like Bowmore used us to find in their whiskies at the end of last century.
Finish is marked by peat hints too. It is rather long and not unpleasant.
Even if it is not extraordinary, this little whisky is pleasant (specially if one considers its price). I drunk worse things for more money.

Bowmore Womb Ore
Age	9 years
Alcohol	46%
Bottler	Daily Dram
Price/litre

The nose is clearly marked by farmy hints and a nice peat behind a light veil of smoke. Peat, wet hay, cold ash are smells which seem to characterise this whisky.
In the palate, this whisky behaves very good. Peat and smoke. Very nice impression.
The same behaviour remains all along the finish, pure and without any compromise. It is exceptionally warm and lingering.
For a young Bowmore, this is a perfect example of the revival of the quality at this distillery. No trace of violet anymore. Despite its young age, this is another excellent whisky.

Bowmore 1968 Taste Still (by Duncan Taylor)
Age	37 years
Alcohol	41,5%
Bottler	Duncan Taylor (for Taste Still)
Price/litre

A really amazing nose, full of flowers on a peaty background and some smoky hints. Unusual freshness. Some cut grass behind the flowers. A perfect balance between all this nose components. In the mouth, first a great dryness, some alcohol (despite the relatively low percentage of alcohol), followed by a bitterness developing to more sweetness as the time runs away. Some wood, but we are far from the exuberance of ths nose. A nice finish, rather long, bitter. The time seems to have been more generous for the nose than for the mouth is this case.

Bowmore 1982 Taste Still
Age	24 years
Alcohol	54,7%
Bottler	Taste Still
Price/litre

A very nice nose. Very complex, between fresh and dry fruit, between apple and hazelnut. An nice presence. Discrete smoke on the background. Very clean. In the mouth, the violet taste, so typical of Bowmore's production for years is present in this whisky, together with some dryness. The finish is rather bitter, on violet too. Lingering, but dry, and however pretty pleasant.

Bowmore 1968 - 2006 Cask #3822
Age	37 years
Alcohol	40,5%
Bottler	Duncan Taylor
Price/litre

The nose is perfectly balanced between slightly smoky notes and smells of heather. On the background, some impression like a fragrant  flower field in a the middle of a pat bog. Some exotic fruits too, tangerine peel. Smoke
In the palate, the taste is very pleasant, rather fruity with a marvelous balance between exotic fruits and very fine wood. The whole is extremely fine. Just lace. A very light bitterness associated to a very light acidity, the whole with a consistent body.
The finis is rather short, with touches of wood beside the memory of exotic fruit.

Bowmore 2002 The Ultimate single malt whisky selection
Age	6 years
Alcohol	46%
Bottler	Ultimate whisky company (Van Wees)
Price/litre

Pleasant peat and smoke (barbecue) notes appear at the first nosing. Behind this first impression, touches of sea spray, but no real complexity.
In the palate, peat and smoke dominate too. No trace of this violet hints which made the (bad) reputation of the distillery for many years. This obviously young whisky is very clean. It deserves no negative critic, even if it does not deserve an award neither. A good product, and a good quality/price ratio.
Quite a short finish and only a light memory of smoke seems to survive.

Bowmore 18 years
Age	1 years
Alcohol	43%
Bottler	Official
Price/litre

The nose is pleasantly perfumed. Mix of flowers and smoke on a discrete peaty background. In the mouth, unfortunately this taste which is so typical of a long period of the Bowmore production, this violet perfume is overwhelming... The finish is divided between some nice nutty notes and the memory of this violet fragrances which characterized this distillery for too many years.