BLACK BOWMORE 29 YEAR OLD
In the culinary world, brandy is gradually becoming an endless inspiration to bring the soul of a solemn meal. From that inspiration, Bowmore wanted to do something special as a luxury brand, with some of the world’s most expensive bottles. There is no doubt about that, the liquid distilled in Islay’s No. 1 cellar is sought-after and is notable in today’s market. The 1964 Black Bowmore version is not just a whiskey, but also represents a single malt twist of the distillery of the same name.
- Black Bowmore represents a twist of single malt
Black Bowmore is not only a whiskey, but also a true artifact that holds the history of the spirit, representing a single malt twist. Appearing at the height of the popularity of sherry bottled whiskey, it was the first to make a splash around single malt whiskeys, seeing it replace the cognac as an after-dinner drink. select at the banquet tables.
Talking about Black Bowmore, Dave Broom said: “If you look at Black Bowmore as fiction, you see it grow from being a simple tale about a product into something which acquires the trappings of legend and myth. What was once ‘Islay’ had been condensed into distilleries; distilleries compressed into specific peculiarities – in Black Bowmore’s case, the magical, never fully explicable weirdness of the conditions in No 1 Vaults, one of walls of which sits below the level of the loch outside; a place of cold and damp, where evaporation is minimal, where elements are both preserved and warped into new shapes, where time slows and things deepen.”
- Limited production version
The distillery produced three versions of the Black Bowmore for the first time, all of which were distilled in 1964 and matured in Oloroso sherry tanks before being bottled. The first 29-year-old bottled in 1993, followed by the 30-year-old bottled version in 1994 and finally the 31-year-old bottled version in 1995. Sherry casks are used more frequently in the 1960s than they are in the 1960s. current, and these versions testify to the quality of these boxes.
The first version of the legendary Black Bowmore – distilled in 1964, bottled in 1993 and matured in oloroso barrels for 29 years before being released to the world market. Only 2000 bottles were released globally, each bottled at a concentration of 50% ABV, with a volume of 700ml.
The 29-year Black Bowmore 1964 combines rich and complex flavors of tropical fruit, chocolate, toffee and peat scent. Taste is separated by many layers of aroma, balance of flavors, which only in 29-year-old Black Bowmore have.
