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Bowmore Tempest 10 Year Old, Bourbon Cask, Batch No. 1, 2009, 55.3%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 14
Average Score
Avg 77
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Description

The Bowmore Tempest 10 Year Old Small Batch Release No. 1 is an Islay single malt whisky, aged for 10 years in first-fill bourbon casks and bottled in 2009. This expression is part of the highly regarded Tempest series, known for its cask strength bottlings and being non-chill filtered. It offers a complex profile of sweet and peaty notes, with tropical fruits, vanilla, and a distinct maritime character. This limited release was bottled at 55.3% ABV, with 12,000 bottles released.

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European Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 30, 2026SGD 116.75
European Whisky AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 30, 2026SGD 83.40
Alcovault AuctionsAuction Sold Price - Sep 29, 2026SGD 176.00
Region
Islay
Age
10 Years
Vintage
1999
Bottled
2009
ABV
55.3%
Volume
70cl
Distillery
Bowmore
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
Bourbon
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
1
PPM
30
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
12000
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Tube
Series highlights
Tempest Small Batch Release
Historical context
N.A
Special release
Feis Ile 2010 Release
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Sweet and peaty with notes of honey, vanilla, sweet liquorice, tropical fruits, and lemon. There are also hints of mild leathery peat, malt, mixed spices, white pepper, smoke, white chocolate, wet grass, kosher salt, burnt rubber, orange pith, pink grapefruit, green apple peels, ash, and garden flowers.
Palate
Starts with sweetness and peatiness, followed by lemon, leather, and campfire smoke. It's powerful and rich, with mineral notes, a slight bitterness, and sea salt. Other flavors include mixed tropical fruits, spiciness, oakiness, earthy notes, citrus, salt and pepper, wood spices, malty notes, vanilla, tangerines, coconut, mango juice, and an intense wave of peat smoke.
Finish
Long and amazing, with lingering mixed tropical fruits, spiciness, and peatiness. It's warm and approachable, with campfire smoke, oakiness, vanilla oakiness, salt, lemon, and smoke. Also noted are dry, salty, smoky peatiness, tar, vanillins, citrus, flowers, licorice, ash, pepper, malt, papaya, mango juice, nutty, gentle beach bonfire smoke, tangy, and citrus zest.
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