Sold outDec 2023In short · Bowmore (Islay), 19 years.
“The primary impression upon initial nosing was of outdoor swimming pools by the sea, perhaps ones full of star anise, with a tang of camphor and menthol ointment and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 3.350 is a single cask of Bowmore, in the Islay region, 19 years old, bottled at 57.1%, released in the Dec 2023 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.