Adelphi Bowmore 1989

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COMING SOON to KWM

Only 8 bottles are coming to KWM, out of 12 coming to Alberta. Bottled at 52.0% after 27 Year in an Ex-Bourbon Hogshead

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: soft, delicate and enticing; eating a tub of Old English Butterscotch ice cream by the fire in a tub with a lavender bath bomb; underneath there appears to be a load of shy fruits.

Palate:  wowsa--it is dancing in my mouth--it is bigger, fruitier and even more creamy than expected; so creamy, more Old English Butterscotch ice cream, there is a sprig of fresh lavender, but the gentle maritime smoke and subtle peat oils shove it to the side; it steadily becomes increasingly bright: honeycomb and waves of ripe tropical fruits; it seems light but it is thick and coating.

Finish: the floral nature emerges again on the finish with ethereal lavender and delicate maritime smoke weaving together while the honey, cream and tropical fruits slowly fade.

Comment:  love it or hate it this is classic mid-1980s Bowmore; beautiful... 

Producer’s Tasting Note

From an American oak ex Bourbon hogshead. Full gold colour with excellent beading. Profoundly mellow, fragile, fragrant, with pale fruits (under-ripe melon), buttered pancake with spun honey, with a thread of smoke in the background. Mouth-filling texture and a syrupy sweetness, with Parma Violets in the middle and fragrant smoke in base. A highly sophisticated example of Bowmore.

700 ml