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Bowmore - The Black Bowmore

Bowmore - The Black Bowmore
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Lot number: 014101

Winning bid: £2,950

The second of the three extraordinary Oloroso cask 1964 Bowmores released in the mid-1990s. Like the first batch, this release was of 2000 bottles, and originally retailed on the high street for around £80(!). A much higher proportion of casks filled in the 1960s were sherry, and Black Bowmore is proof of the quality of some of those casks. With an almost unfathomable concentration and intensity of flavour, and perfect balance of fruit, peat and power, this whisky deserves the frequently overused 'legendary' tag it has assumed.

Our own Mr Mackintosh has had the privilege of tasting this, thanks to the generosity of a couple of members of staff at Morrison Bowmore. Despite having been a journalist for 40 years, he could only say: "I don't have the words to describe what was an almost celestial experience."

70cl and bottled at 50%.