Rich dark chocolate, dried fig, tobacco leaf, gentle peat smoke — refined sherry depth
Treacle toffee, raisins, espresso, soft Islay smoke — 21 years perfectly integrated
Long, sweet-smoky, sherry-driven — peak-age Islay
Bowmore 21 — Islay's oldest. Bourbon + Oloroso + PX. WWA Gold. 43.2%.
Dark chocolate and fig nose. Treacle and espresso palate. Long sweet-smoky finish. Peak age Islay.
Bowmore 21 earns a 9 — tropical fruit meets sea salt at peak age, £450. Sherry-rich Islay mastery from 1779.
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