Tasting Notes:
Bowmore “Tempest” Aged 10 Years Batch VI
Style: Bright and Feisty
Nose:
Delicious coconut cream and aromatic tropical fruits big on the nose. Beaming sweetness from freshly sliced pineapples and passionfruit pulp. Maverick spices blitz with white oak notes, opens up a soft layer of sea salt thinly cloaked with a whip of peat smoke. Fruity, malt syrup recovers at the back.
Palate:
Fragrant tropical fruits and honey sweetness fired up by overloaded spice on the palate. A light brush of vanilla and coastal peat are quickly conquered by crisp kumquat zest and green papaya notes. More oak-y undertone, spices continue the onslaught, leaving scattered touches of spearmint and dry nutty notes. Finishes with subtle, creamy malt.
Finish:
Faint oak bitterness, grapefruit peels with a drop of honey malt.
Thoughts:
Massive, fragrant Bowmore loaded with ramming spice. I like the concept. Great synergy between the what-I-think is a very fragrant spirit and youthful maturation. Subtle coastal influence and peat give a nice balancing touch. Oak component magnifies significantly over multiple sips, shipwrecks after storm perhaps?
(54.9%/2015/NCF/CS/OB/LE/Batch Number 6)
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