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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.
2005

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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...
2003

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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.
2007

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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.
2005

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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.
2004