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Bowmore Bicentenary

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(1)€6,458Scotland, Islay, Single Malt

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Bowmore is the oldest distillery on Islay, founded in 1779 on the shore of Loch Indaal. To mark its 200th birthday in 1979, the team vatted older stock from the 1950s and 1960s. Much of it resting in fine sherry casks. The result was bottled in a hand-blown glass decanter. Inside is a deep, sherried single malt that aficionados still rank among the best Bowmores ever made. You get dried fruit, sweet spice and a warm, creamy weight. Pour it neat and let those decades of slow maturation speak for themselves.

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Bowmore

Bowmore is a Scotch whisky distillery located in the town of Bowmore on the Scottish island of Islay. It is one of the oldest distilleries on the island, having been established in 1779 by local merchant David Simson. Bowmore is known for producing a range of peated and unpeated single malt whiskies. The distillery sources its water from the nearby Laggan River, which is said to contribute to the unique character of its whiskies. The barley used in production is malted on site using traditional floor malting techniques. The distillery has its own cooperage, where skilled craftsmen create and repair casks used for maturing the whisky.

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About the Bowmore Bicentenary

Bowmore Bicentenary is a single malt Scotch whisky from Bowmore, the oldest distillery on the island of Islay in Scotland. It was bottled in 1979 to celebrate 200 years since the distillery was founded in 1779. To honour that anniversary, the team selected older stock laid down through the 1950s and 1960s. Much of it had matured quietly in sherry casks. This is a piece of Islay history rather than an everyday dram. The sherry influence runs right through the whisky. You taste dried fruit first, raisins and figs steeped in sweet spice. Behind that comes a softer wave of fresh fruit and tropical fruit. With vanilla and a gentle creaminess rounding the edges. There is a woody depth too, the kind that only long years in oak can give. A faint note of tea sits underneath it all, adding a dry, leafy lift. Bowmore itself sits on the shore of Loch Indaal, in the village of Bowmore. Sea air drifts through its old vaulted warehouses, where casks rest below the waterline. The distillery has made whisky since 1779, longer than any other on Islay. That heritage is exactly what this bottling was made to celebrate. It carries the weight of two centuries of island craft. Bowmore Bicentenary was presented in a hand-blown glass decanter, a fitting home for such a rare malt. Only a limited run was ever released, and bottles are now prized by collectors. The spirit inside reflects an older style of Bowmore, richer and more deeply sherried than many modern bottlings. It is sweet, layered and slow to fade. Enjoy it neat, in a good glass, and give it time to open and reveal its full character.