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Whisky: Bowmore 18 year old Deep & Complex
Age: 18 years
Type: Single malt
   
Cask Type: Oloroso & Pedro Ximénez Casks
Strength: 43%
   
Distillery: Bowmore Distillery
Country: Scotland: Islay
   
 
Date: 05-05-2018
Nose: Lots of moor, spices, some red fruit.
Flavour: Sweet red fruit, peaty, pepper, vanilla, smoky, beautiful old wood, pure chocolate.
Body: Thin, dry.
Comments: Though it's quite tasty the pale body is a total let down. It makes me very interested in a cask strength version though.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++-- ---- ---- (7.5)