Bowmore Dark & Intense 10-year-old /40%/ 1.0l
- In the early 2017 Bowmore Distillery replaced its entire Travel Retail range with three exclusive bottlings marking the company return to age statements so much appreciated by many whisky drinkers.
Product description
In early 2017, Bowmore Distillery introduced three new whiskies to its Travel Retail offering: Dark & Intense, Golden & Elegant and Deep & Complex.
Each one is made from distillates aged in a different type of cask, and each one also bears an age statement that is so important to most whisky lovers. They replaced the Black Rock, Gold Reef, White Sands and Springtide editions. The Dark & Intense presented here, the youngest in the range, is made from distillates aged in European oak sherry casks for at least 10 years and bottled at 40% ABV. Bowmore is now the second most popular single malt from Islay, selling 1.9 million bottles a year.
Aroma : quite intense, salted caramels, Christmas cake, milk chocolate, bitter orange jam, a pinch of cinnamon and a gust of peat smoke.
Palate : mild, raisins, candied orange peel, maple syrup, milk chocolate, sea salt, roasted chestnuts and peat smoke in the background.
Finish: medium long, with notes of sherry, walnuts, sea salt and peat smoke.