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This 18 year old Bowmore was bottled under the Whisky Sponge label by Decadent Drinks. Distilled in 2003, it was matured in a Refill Sherry Butt before bottling at 50.3%. 89.33pts Whiskybase & 90pts Whisky Fun
Producer Description
"This is an 18 year old Bowmore. It was distilled in 2003 and matured in a refill sherry butt, however a few years ago its maturation was 'broken' by spending some time out of cask. It was then put back into a different refill sherry butt to continue maturing. Hence the age being 18 years old. This is a sibling cask to the 17 year old Bowmore we bottled as Whisky Sponge Edition No.50, except this time it has an extra year of maturation under its belt and - as this is the last cask of this parcel of stock - we've bottled it at natural cask strength. This cask isn't quite as sherry-forward as its sibling. It's a more exuberantly fruity and classical modern Bowmore with beautiful inflections of soft, dry peat smoke, a wealth of coastal freshness and mineral character and lighter background hints of leather, tar and eucalyptus from the refill sherry influence. Beautiful, powerful, chiselled and complex. No soap was detected or utilised during the shepherding into being of this bottling. The entire Decadent Drinks team would like to thank Rembrandt for kindly dying in 1669, thus allowing us to riff on his masterpiece 'The Storm on the Sea of Galilee' without fear of legal reprisal. We hope you enjoy this very special bottling, it'll probably be our last Bowmore for quite a length of time. Sloppy yet surreptitious smooches... Whisky Sponge. Xxx"
700ml ml90pts Whisky Fun
"Once again, this one's stemming from the mysterious and magical warehouses of Signatory Vintage, I which it's said that only whiskies get older. Colour: full gold. Nose: not that different from the official 18, mind you, except that this one's stronger. The sherry vs. distillate proportions are extremely similar and the general profile is also on… well, Lagavulin 16, and tobacco, and seawater, and more tobaccos, and marmalade… With water: it's diverging, with more mineral notes, metal polish, brake dust, wool, fumes… That's nice. Mouth (neat): some heavyish oak spices at first (ginger, curry, turmeric, cinnamon), then strong honeys, a side that I'll always cherish. Also mango jam and plum wine. With water: oh excellent, it adulates water, as it seems (are you sure you should use the verb 'adulate', S.?) Oysters and peppers and grapefruits, even oyster plant and, in the back of the back, passion fruits and olives. Finish: long and sweet and sour. Lemon juice and bone-dry riesling. Comments: I'll say it again, peat + sherry is never an easy configuration, but this time, provided you've got enough time and enough water to devote to it, it's going to be perfect. By the way, comparison also highlights the caramel in the official 18. SGP:565 - 90 points."