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43%
My Tasting Notes:
Nose: Slightly smoky, bacon, cherries, chocolate
Palate: Some peat, ripe berries, toffee, a bit watery though
Finish: Long, fruity and smoky
Overall: Fruitier than its 15 yo successor but less complex, still a good whisky though
Score: 85/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Duncan Taylor Rare Auld – 52.4%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Slightly smoky, somewhat fruity, notably black currant
Palate: Quite peaty, lots of mint, chocolate, some bitterness
Finish: Long and smoky with a fruitiness that reminds me a bit of gummi bears
Overall: A very untypical sherried whisky. I don’t like this one very much. The strong mint notes and the bitterness turn me off.
Score: 74/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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53.5%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Quite maritime but only little smoke, dark chocolate, ripe berries
Palate: Slightly salty, cherries, chocolate, gentle smoke
Finish: Very long, fruity in the beginning, then the smoke shines through
Overall: I like this even better than the 2007 Port Wood. Distinctly maritime with only little peat and quite fruity. Powerful!
Score: 92/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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40%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Smoked bacon, slightly medicinal, ripe fruit
Palate: Dry peat, citrus fruit, slightly bitter
Finish: Long, dry and smoky
Overall: More sherry than the regular 12yo, but not very sweet, definitely a notch up. Very good value for an affordable price.
Score: 86/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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53,1 %
My Tasting Notes
Nose: A bit of smoke, bacon, ripe fruit
Palate: Very fruity, dark berries, slightly spicy, chocolate, faint peat
Finish: Long with a fruity smokiness
Overall: A great combination of fruit and smoke, very complex
Score: 87/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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New presentation – 43%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: A mix of smoke and dried fruits
Palate: Fruitier and less smoky than the nose. Strong sherry influence and even some Mortlach-like meatiness
Finish: Very long, first fruits, then smoke
Overall: A great mix of sherry and peat (approx. 70/30) The name “Darkest” is fitting not only beacuse of the colour. It really tastes “dark”.
Score: 88/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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New presentation – 56%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Intensive, smoked ham, minimally fruity
Palate: A sweet kick first, getting drier afterwards, medicinal, rather peaty, some faint fruitiness and a wee hint of chocolate can be noticed
Finish: Long and smoky
Overall: Quite untamed for a Bowmore, almost Laphroaig-ish but not quite as complex. But still quite a nice dram.
Score: 85/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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New Presentation – 40%
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Rather timid, slightly smoky, hints of fruit
Palate: More peat than the nose suggests, smoked ham combined with dried fruits
Finish: Rather long, smoky and dry
Overall: A nice mix of gentle peat and gentle sherry, a good every-day dram.
Score: 84/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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Old Bottling – 43 %
My Tasting Notes
Nose: Not very strong, slightly smoky, slightly floral
Palate: Fragile peat combined with fragile floral notes. Not much in there to hunt for.
Finish: Not very long, peat disappears before the flowers.
Overall: Praised by many, but I was disappointed. Perhaps there was something wrong with the sample I recevied, I don’t know. You don’t notice that this is a 17 yo, might as well be a 12 yo. Almost like a cross between classic Islay and Lowlands.
Score: 73/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$
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