Bowmore 1964 Fino Cask

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Bowmore 1964 Fino 2012 – 42.9% - Matured in American Oak and Finished in Fino Sherry – 72 Total Bottles w/ Just 8 for Canada (KWM has managed to secure 5 of them; 4 are sold) My Tasting Notes: Nose: incredibly exotic, toasted coconut, mango, papaya, candied orange and fresh squeezed lemon and lime; peaches and cream with gelatin candies (sour keys and coke bottles) and soft buttery pie crusts; lychees, grapefruits off the vine, white chocolate , apple crumble and sweet rhubarb pie; Palate: thick, chewy and every bit as creamy as I'd expected with a soft buttery backbone that pleasingly caresses the palate; the tropical fruits are still there, more mango and papaya with a little honey dew melon thrown in for good measure; the palate is spicier than the nose: powdered ginger and cinnamon that fade into subtle chocolaty peat; there is faint salty smoke moving towards the finish but it has toned-down enormously over its years in the oak; the palate comes full circle after a few sips moving back towards the tropical fruits and creamy notes, but pulling the spices and gentle earthy smoke along with it; Finish: round, incredibly soft and sweet with gentle toasted oak, clean salty smoke and dried and fading tropical fruits; creamy, fruity, sweet and long without any of the hallmarks of an over the hill whisky; Comments: the only shame about this whisky is that there are just 72 bottles, and that such brilliance takes 46 years to pull off! OTHER ml