From Islay’s oldest working distillery, specialist whisky company Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky, has released a Bowmore 1982 from its Rarest Reserve portfolio.
The journey of the 42-year-old Bowmore single malt began in October 1982 and has been meticulously matured in an ex-Pedro Ximenez cask. The deep, resinous, gold-coloured whisky is one of the oldest Bowmores the company has released to date and yields a strength of 50.8%.
The ‘Rarest Reserve’ collection is a series of exclusive expressions from the company’s most revered casks. Presented in a striking and elegant gold bar and bottled at 100ml, the packaging design was released for the first time last year, for their 33 and 52-year-old Macallan.
Beautifully balanced and fully integrated, decades of maturation have offered up the subtleties of Islay peat combined with fruit and dried seaweed, which in turn, hold together the notes from the ex-Pedro Ximenez sherry hogshead.
“Following the success of the Macallan Rarest Reserve last year, we have plans to release a couple of our finest whiskies this year, starting with the Bowmore.,” commented CEO Shawn Smith. “Bowmore acolytes will love the premise of this collection as it gives them the opportunity to savour our rarer malts at a fraction of the price of a full bottle.”
RRP of the 100ml Rarest Reserve Bowmore is £816 and is available from The Spirits Embassy online.