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"Largiemeanoch 12 yo 1967 (54.2%, Howgate Wine Co., Bowmore, casks #2655/6/7, +/- 1979)
A very rare old indie Bowmore, pretty much introvabile these days. It was our travel dram last time we went to Italy with some Malt Maniacs and friends. It’s said that it was bottled by Cadenhead’s. Colour: dark mahogany. Nose: the kind of combo that only old Bowmore plus great sherry can produce. Hard to describe, but I’d say it’s not unlike the first Black Bowmore, with less fruitcake but more smoke and peat. Listing the thousands of aromas that we get (Serge, don’t brag, two dozens will do) would be painful so let’s just mention dried tangerines, leather, pinewood smoke and, should I say of course, passion fruits and mangos. With water: oooooh yess! Black olives, a cellar in Jerez, a bootmaker’s workshop… It’s amazing. Mouth (neat): the most astonishing combination of tropical fruits and all things resinous /smoky /spicy I ever tasted. An absolute masterpiece. With water: I’m about to faint. Finish: life is unfair. All whiskies should be like this one. Comments: it was already great when we opened the bottle but now that it could breathe a bit, it became totally glorious. What’s the role of bottle ageing in all this? Hard to say but I can’t see how a Bowmore could be that fabulous after only twelve years in a sherry cask. We also noticed that almost all our favourite whiskies were around twelve years old when bottled and then spent at least thirty years in glass. No science but hey! SGP:557 - 97 points. " 