[Quick Review] Bowmore 30 years old - The Dalswinton Series II (Claxton's)
The last one from Claxton's Spirits and The Dalswinton’s Series second edition is maybe the one I’ve been excited the most: a 30 year-old Bowmore! It was distilled in 1992, aged in an Oloroso Sherry cask and bottled at 43.5%. Distillery: Bowmore Bottler: Claxton's Age: 30 years old Distilled: 17/09/1992 Bottled: 2024 Cask: Oloroso Sherry cask Abv: 43.5% Unchillfiltered: Yes Natural Colour: Yes Nb of bottles: Price: £ Extra: Part of the Dalswinton Series - Second Edition My tasting notes: Nose: The nose is coastal, gently peaty and wrapped in tropical fruit sweetness. There is seaweed and iodine, camphor, slight BBQ meat (smoked bacon), grassy/earthy smoke, lemon, a touch of toasted oak and some vanilla. On the nose, the Oloroso cask is not the most obvious. It smells more like a bourbon cask. I’m a fan! Palate: The palate is sweeter than the nose let on, with some chewy caramel, more Bowmore tropical fruit, vanilla, coastal peat smoke, hints of red fruit and li