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Product Description
A rather delicious 1985 vintage Bowmore bottled from a single hogshead by Speciality Drinks for the Single Malts of Scotland range. Medium-bodied, with oak, fruit and some restrained floral notes, as opposed to the massive lavender sometimes exhibited by Bowmores of this era. A relatively gentle, mellow dram.
Product Facts
Product Facts
Bottler
Speciality Drinks Ltd
Series
Single Malts of Scotland
Age
Vintage
Bottling Date
April 2012
No of Bottles
225
Country
Scotland
Region
Islay
Cask Number
24372
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
No
Bowmore 1985 26 Year Old Single Malts of Scotland
70cl / 54.9%
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes by Tim F
Nose
Big natural sweet hit straight out of the glass - like crunchie bars, chocolate and honeycomb. Then becomes bready, with medicine cabinet bandaginess, hay, fabric plasters - heavenly! Wet flannel, flinty stones and generous rich oak, then some lovely tropical citrus fruit, hot-buttered toast and a faint whiff of smoke.
Palate
Mediumweight. Shortbread, mandarins, oak, hot-buttered toast, hay and more than a hint of 'Jamaican herbs' (!). Gets quite sweet and floral (sweetpea, not lavender), but in a balanced way, not dominating like some of the more notorious Bowmores of this era. The smoke is there in the background, but relatively restrained.
Finish
Medium-length with some flintiness and wood ash among the fading bandages and fresh fruit.
Comment
A mellow but characterful Bowmore with the expected floral, fruity and oaky notes in good balance.
