Bowmore 16 Year Old 1998 Old Malt Cask

Bowmore 16 Year Old 1998 vintage Islay single malt Scotch whisky. Single refill hogshead #11211 bottled January 2015 by Hunter Laing & Co. for the Old Malt Cask series. 234 bottles.

Bowmore

Bowmore Distillery was established on the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland by John Simpson in 1779. Situated in Bowmore by the shore of Loch Indaal it is the oldest working distillery on Islay and one of the oldest malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. Bowmore Distillery continues to produce a proportion of its malted barley on its own traditional malting floors and malt kilns. Visitors are welcomed in the Bowmore visitor centre where distillery tours are available in addition to Bowmore Distillery cottages to rent. Bowmore Distillery is a participant in Feis Isle, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music.

Nose: Vanilla, with citrus peel, green apples and peat.
Palate: Dark chocolate, cinder toffee and peat.
Finish: Long and lingering, with dry peat and oak.