Sold outMay 2021In short · Bowmore (Islay), 16 years.
“We imagined sitting in an infinity hot tub with an endless view across Loch Indaal towards the North Atlantic Ocean.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 3.317 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 16 years old, bottled at 57.4%, released in the May 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 3.x is from Bowmore.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the shore of Loch Indaal, in Islay's whitewashed little capital, Bowmore has turned barley into spirit since 1779, the island's oldest recorded distillery. Descend into its No.1 Vaults, a legendary warehouse dug below the tideline, and you can hear the sea working against the walls where the casks sleep. The whisky is a study in balance: a gentle coil of Islay smoke laid over a deep, exotic sweetness that in older bottlings blooms into mango and passion fruit. Owned by Beam Suntory.