Description
Distilled at Bowmore in September 1996, then matured for 21 years in a Refill Hogshead before being bottled in October 2017 by Hunter Laing for the Old & Rare series. The cask yielded 194 bottles at 54.1% ABV.
Bowmore
Bowmore Old & Rare Platinum Selection 21 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, Cask #HL14174, 1996, Hunter Laing, 54.1%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
Average Score
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- Region
- Islay
- Age
- 21 Years
- Vintage
- 1996
- Bottled
- 2017
- ABV
- 54.1%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Bowmore
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- Hogshead Cask
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - Hunter Laing
- Peated
- Peated
- Single cask
- Yes
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- HL14174
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 194
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Wax over cork
- Presentation
- Wooden box
- Series highlights
- Old & Rare Platinum Selection
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Creamy, custardy notes that get fruitier and more musky with each sniff (melon, passionfruit) and pick up some pepper, mineral oil and some sooty smoke along the way.
- Palate
- Much more going on than the nose. In particular, some lovely passion fruit, pomelo, and buttery pastry, all embroidered with ashy smoke. Pineapple cake, and it just oozes caramel.
- Finish
- Caramel, pineapple cake, passion fruit sorbet, and smoky cookies. The ashiness has receded and it's now heavier on the pastry side, still with the smoky edge. The smoke really sticks, with a slightly sweet barbecue sauce quality.