rarest reserve
bowmore 1982 aged 42 years
region
islay
aged
42 years
bottle size
100 ml
alc./vol.
50.8%
cask type
Pedro Ximenez Cask
Price: £816.00
Ex VAT Price: £680.00
rarest reserve
By duncan Taylor
The ‘Rarest Reserve’ collection is a series of exclusive expressions from the company’s most revered casks. Presented in a striking and elegant gold bar and bottled at 100ml, the packaging design was released for the first time last year, for their Macallan 33 and 52-year-olds.
Beautifully balanced and fully integrated, decades of maturation has offered up the subtleties of Islay peat combined with fruit and dried seaweed which in turn, holds together the notes from the ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry hogshead.
rarest reserve
bowmore 1982 aged 42 years
The journey of the 42-year-old Bowmore single malt began in October 1982 and has been meticulously matured in an ex-sherry hogshead. The deep resinous gold-coloured whisky is one of the oldest Bowmores the company has released to date and yields a quotient strength of 51%.
Tasting notes:
nose
Over-ripe orchard fruit, smokehouse sweetness, flowers of the machair(meadow), toffee coated fudge, delicate hints of peat reek.
palate
Maritime smoke, milk chocolate, peanuts, oily, sweet spiciness, ginger, cinnamon.
finish
Long lasting, very smooth and balanced.
the distillery
bowmore
Situated on the windswept shores of Islay, Bowmore Distillery stands as one of Scotland’s oldest, established in 1779. With over two centuries of heritage, it remains a beacon of traditional craftsmanship, producing finely balanced single malts renowned for their signature harmony of gentle peat smoke and layered complexity.
