Similar to the Devil's Cask, this is a Bowmore small batch release, and similar to the Devil's Casks, this is excellent.
I
found this little gem by checking the Province website, and noted that
there were only five bottles available in the entire province...all of
them at my local store. They went for just over $100.00 a bottle.
Since I had to make an "emergency purchase" of Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban
earlier in the week, I was going to put this special purchase on hold.
But,
payday came, and I saw that there were only two bottle left. Three
sold in a week meant that if I wanted to get one, I might have to move
fast. I am so glad I did.
This whiskey spent just over
six years in traditional bourbon barrels, starting on February 3, 1992.
On November 20, 1998, it was transferred to Bordeaux wine casks for
almost ten years.
As a 16 year old whiskey, this is
very smooth, and extremely flavourful. It is sweet, and has a hit of
peat, but is not overly smoky. On revisting this, I thought that the
smoke in this was different. Unlike the strong almost ashtray like
taste of Lagavulin, or the woodsmoke of Devils Casks, the wine casks
gave this one a taste sort of like caps....as in caps gun caps.
Different, and not unpleasant. The finish is smooth and clean without a
harsh alcohol taste. This is definitely in the top three for me to
date.
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