Bowmore 15 Year Old Director's Cut Douglas Laing

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 16 Year Old 1995 Silver Seal

Max Righi – whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few times – is de man behind the Italian bottler Silver Seal. He is considered to be the successor of Sesante. Those are big shoes to fill! But he does it well. I have already tried quite a few lovely malts from Silver Seal such as a great Ardbeg, Glen Keith, Littlemill and Macallan....

Score 90/100

Bowmore 1968 37 Year Old Bourbon Wood

The 1960’s were considered as a golden era for the Bowmore Distillery. This was the same time when the distillery produced the now legendary Black, White and Gold Bowmore series. Hence getting your hands on any spirit from this period is definitely a stroke of good luck. Fortunately a friend of mine sent me a sample of the now hard to find 37 year...

Score 87/100

Bowmore 15 Year Old - Darkest

Oh boy. There is something off key about this one... Nose: fruity peat, ash, something vomitous. Ya, sherry-barf might be an accurate descriptor. Palate: the fruit dominates. Red fruit, sherry, and sugars. The peat is nowhere to be found. Finish: initially a nice sugar and spice combination, with a vegetal undercurrent. With a little more time...

Score 69/100