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    Bowmore 17 Year Old Reviews

    Bowmore 17 Year Old 89
    Based on 4 reviews.
    Rated on a scale of 50 to 99
    Distillery
    Bowmore
    Style
    Single Malt
    Release
    Unspecified
    Age
    17 Years
    Alcohol
    40% abv.
    Region
    Scotland, Islay
    Bottled For
    Distillery

    Established in 1779, Bowmore Distillery is one of the oldest distilleries in Scotland and nestles on the shores of Loch Indaal on the Inner Hebridean Isle of Islay. Bowmore is universally regarded as the best balanced of all the Islay malts, as characterised by its wonderfully rich and complex flavours.

    Bowmore 17 Year Old
    Review by ColoradoDram

    8650/99
    Color
    Orangy amber.
    Nose
    Lavender/violet flowers above all else, a little salty wet wood.
    Body
    Medium bodied.
    Palate
    Violet flowers everywhere. I can't taste the iodine/seaweed typical of Bowmore.
    Finish
    A very smooth, dry, salty, lightly-iodined and seaweed of medium length and heat finally emerges from the flowers. My favorite Bowmore finish of five tasted to date.

    I swear this is the closest you can get to being a bee sucking nectar from a lavender bloom. When I'm in the mood, there is no better scotch to deliver the floral goods. It's very different from the wine cask finishes (Dusk, Dawn, Darkest), and lacks the freshness of the 12, but it is uniquely delicious and smooth.

    Bowmore 17 Year Old
    Review by Mishima

    9050/99
    Color
    Pale Straw - the light of 3 in the afternoon on an Autumn Day
    Nose
    Unfurls itself slowly in layers. Smoke and peat, not overwhelmingly, they play first and second chair. A malty undertone with trills of iodine, salt, and seaweed provides the main melody. After the first movement, subtle sherry notes come to the fore along with a rippling spicieness. Breath taking.
    Body
    Full and creamy.
    Palate
    At once malty sweet and whisky sour - notes of salt and spice, and those nigh ineffeable 'organics' take turns as the complimenting flavours.
    Finish
    The sourness of the palate stays while the sweetness fades. A brush of salt, iodine, and a fair bit of metal = copper actually, like biting a penny. Will stay with you until you eat something, smoke something, or brush your teeth. And then maybe you'll taste it with your breakfest the next day.

    This is a whisky with a distinct personality. It is elegance and the sea - the captain's cabin if your will - everything you want from a maritime whisky, with subtlity, polish, and even gentlemanly restraint. A note: give this one plenty of air - grows both rich and mellow with a fair decanting.

    Bowmore 17 Year Old
    Review by Anonymous

    9450/99
    Color
    Medium Amber
    Nose
    Peat, cocoa, toffee, very nice.
    Body
    Medium body, smooth like fine chocolate.
    Palate
    More toffee, but darker, medium peat, light apple, light smoke.
    Finish
    smoke gives way to light warmth, toffee and cocoa blend, then become more buttery.

    Wow. Recommended by an Internet acquaintance, and I can't say enough about it. I love the darker tastes of Ardbeg and Talisker, but this whisky HAS to be around at all times.

    Bowmore 17 Year Old
    Review by Dramiel McHinson

    8550/99
    Color
    Smokey Amber
    Nose
    Touch of phenol and peat; in the middle sherry oak and late fall white grapes; hint of smoke.
    Body
    medium body, smooth and well balanced.
    Palate
    sweet, smoke and peat, getting drier on mid palate with buttery oak flavors, a touch of the late fall grapes from the nose.
    Finish
    Long, smooth, warm on fruit and smokey toast, slightly dry.

    Well balanced for my taste with the flavors distinct and in harmony.