Bowmore / Claret - Whisky Magazine

Bowmore

Claret

ABV 56%
REVIEWED Issue 7

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Specifications

Brand: Bowmore
Expression: Claret
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 56%
Country/Region: Scotland / Islay
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Very aromatic. A robust struggle between the claret's fruit-and-cedar notes and a confident Bowmore smokiness.
Palate: Bowmore beats Bordeaux.
Finish: Toffeeish (more port-like) fruit fights back convincingly. Oak keeps the contestants apart. Finally a salty battle is won by the distillery character.
Comment: The fighter beat the boxer, but it was a wonderfully enjoyable contest.

9.0

Taster Jim Murray

Nose: Truly bizarre: the peat seems to have vanished and in its place is a distinctly winey spiciness.
Palate: A biting, puckering zingy, hot spicy attack that in some ways is not too far off a very young Talisker.
Finish: Rich, fruity, almost blackcurrant, then drier cocoa-coffee notes.
Comment: Worth trying for novelty value alone. Too much rough to go with the smooth.

6.5

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