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The 18 has replaced the 17 in the UK, the 17 will continue overseas or in doody free.

This is a new style of under-graduate age Bowmore, more sherry influence, richer, spicier and peatier than the 17 but still good (and still that distinctive Bowmore 'note'). I'll miss the 17 though it had a freshness that no other peaty Islay had.

Flavour Map Ref: G9
Rich / Smoky

[Blind tasting note from RJ during the SFWC:

SCORE: No Score

Nettles and vegetative including lavender and Twix®, biscuit and caramel I suppose. Nice and well balanced. To taste there is too much perfume, it's not whisky, adding water just makes it nasty, too horrible to continue. PLUS a finish that just won't go away - but that's blind tasting for you, must have been in a bad mood (sorry).

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Bowmore 18 year old
Barcode: 5010496001400

Price excluding VAT: £50.98
£59.90 Including VAT at 17.5%

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White Bowmore OB 1964 43yo 42.8%alc.

I did try this a while ago and recall it as being extremely good but notes fail me. However how about this tasting note from the Malt Maniacs:

95/100 points, a contender for 'whisky of the year' according to LMDW.

Bowmore 43 yo 1964 'White Bowmore' (42.8%, OB, 732 bottles, 2008) After the legendary ŒBlacks¹, here¹s the new ŒWhite¹, assembled from six bourbon casks (retails for 3,300 Euros a bottle). Colour: gold, not white (but white wine isn¹t white either, is it?) Nose: amazing, in seven letters. Fantabulous notes of tropical fruits (where to start? Mangos, grapefruits, passion fruits, kiwis, god knows what elseŠ) mingling with a very ŒIndian¹ blend of spices. Cardamom, caraway, ground ginger, nutmeg, green curryŠ Stunning, really. There¹s also these very maritime notes (kelp, iodine, wet beach) and these floral ones (lilies and peonies, beautifully heady here.) An amazing whisky no, rather a perfume from the very best makers¹. Mouth: frankly, I had thought it would all happen on the nose, but it¹s not the case at all.

Superb attack all on passion fruits (my mum would say ³buy passion fruits, it¹s cheaper²) and then mastic-flavoured Turkish delights, a little roasted argan oil, lemon pie, all kinds of soft spices, high-end lemon squash and, as expected, notes of oak, with a very pleasant and subtle bitterness as a signature. And there¹s well a little peat lingering somewhereŠ Finish:

probably not extremely bold but amazingly clean and straightforward for a short while, getting then very subtle and complex again. Whispers, but whispers for a very, very long time... Š Š Comments: is this an ³anti Black Bowmore²? Probably, as it¹s very subtle, complex and maybe sometimes a tad Œdiaphanous¹ but always very wonderful. And what a nose! The epitome of elegance as far as whisky is concerned. I¹d even dare to write that it¹s

(almost) worth its heavy price tag. - 95 points.

Product added to lfw.co.uk 11-November-2008

Bowmore White 1964 43 year old

Price excluding VAT: £2,034.04
£2,390.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

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Bowmore Tempest OB 10yo 55.3%alc.

Now all gone...

The first of a series of batches of cask strength 10yo.

I recall being given a dram of Bowmore bottled in the 1960s by the great Italian Collector Valenttino Zagatti, he rated it higher that the more recent bottlings and this Tempest indicates a return to style.

Creamy with a butterscotch on pastry aroma (and some witch-hazel that clears with a little time), the peat is slight and on the nose is more as from wood embers, water reveals fruit. The peat floods the tongue with a very slight and perfectly acceptable Bowmore perfume note. There is a great mouth-coating finish of gentle peat smoke and pepper.

This is Bowmore truly back on form and an ace. Super to have it back.

We reckon on the Flavour Map Ref: E9
Smoky

Product added to lfw.co.uk 10th November, 2009

Bowmore Tempest 10 year old
Barcode: 5010496002322

Price excluding VAT: £35.32
£41.50 Including VAT at 17.5%