Bowmore 15-year-old

Name: Bowmore 15-year-old
Brand: Bowmore
SKU: 19
Rating: 84.91 (987 reviews)

Overall rating: 84.91/100
votes: 987

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Bowmore
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Darkest
Stated Age: 15 years old
Casktype: Bourbon + Oloroso Sherry Finish
Strength: 43.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: L132495
Barcode: 5010496020821
Added on: 02 Jun 2007 1:23 pm

Average value

€ 70.10

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Whisky Reviews for Bowmore 15-year-old

138 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.91 points

EinSpatzUnterVielen scored this whisky 85 points
10 Aug 2017 7:53 pm
You can taste the 3 year finish in the Oloroso barrel, the darkest is sweet and very fruity. The Bowmore Lemon and the Smoke nicely balance each other with the Oloroso flavors. I think it's delicious. Only the color does not have to be. Good PLV.

Nose

slight sulfur at the first sniffing, but this flies almost completely after 2 minutes, mild campfire smoke, sweet raisins, dark chocolate, vanilla, plum jam with cinnamon, leather, sweet tobacco, maritime touch

Taste

sweet, orange, blackberries, dark chocolate, glides over in espresso, in the background the Bowmore lemon, leather, maggi, burnt popcorn, caramel, vanilla, dark cherries, red apples, salt, pepper, cinnamon, roasted hazelnuts. Gets sweeter and more fruity with each sip, pepper continues to build up.

Finish

sweet and spicy, warming, orange, lemon, campfire smoke becomes a little stronger, apples and blackberries, vanilla is stronger, then still ripe banana appears; in the end something menthol
pdby scored this whisky 87 points
14 Mar 2019 4:14 pm

Powerful, but delicate, with black berries, nuts, smoked meat, prunes and raisins in the aroma, the taste is soft, dry with nuances of black berries and spicy spices with nuts, the finish is wooden and pepper, a bit bitter.
Great sherry peat bog. The barrel lay on the soft Boumorovskuyu ayla just fine.

RATING: 87pts - [n21, t22, f22, b22] → | 86-89: Remarkable |
Marko_I did not rate this whisky
12 Dec 2017 10:23 pm
As always a treat - great whisky for 50 €.

Nose

overripe red grapes, dark chocolate, latte, some nutmeg, mild, sweetish smoke

Taste

strong and full-bodied, the smoke is a bit clearer than in the nose, ashen, burnt sponge cake, goes in dark chocolate with a touch of blackberry / blackcurrant over

Finish

long, warm, dry, bittersweet, pepper, dark chocolate, a light reminder of herb bitters and black berry fruit liqueur
HammerHead scored this whisky 83 points
06 Apr 2016 9:28 pm
Nose is pretty interesting with some toffee, caramel, speculaas (cinnamon, nutmeg) and a little smoke, although it's also a bit 'artificial' and lacks some power. This absence of power becomes all the more clear in the taste and development. It just tastes very thin. This should have been bottled at a much higher strength (i.e. 50+%), and preferably without chill filtering and colouring.
Finish is quite ok, with a lot of dark chocolate and sherry fruits and a little smoke.
- Nose
  
  85 85
- Taste
  
  82 82
- Finish
  
  84 84
Gloin scored this whisky 89 points
20 Dec 2014 2:19 am
Nose

some smoke, red fruits, sherry

Taste

little smoke, red fruits, sherry, pleasant sweetness, less creamy than Laga DE

Finish

long, dry on the palate and on the tongue, sweet in the throat
Lorion scored this whisky 66 points
12 Feb 2020 9:17 pm
The nose is fascinating. The palate takes some getting used to and the finish is unspectacular. The nose saves it to 66 points. Too bad the palate is bad.

Nose

89 89

Winey, dark fruit smoke. It is an aromatic smoke, not a trace of ashy or medicinal. Red Apple. The smoke is so subtle that it just spices something. Milk chocolate. With a little time, fruit acid is added. Some star anise. A hint of sour wood shines through. Herbs.

Taste

48 48

The start is a bit thin. There is creamy chocolate. There is dry tobacco. There are cherries. All of this is great, unfortunately something is lacking in strength. The tasting is strange. Extremely sour, even uncomfortable for a moment. Then a little more pleasant dry tobacco comes to the fore. But it remains uncomfortable.

Finish

60 60

Rather short. Tart, fruity, subtly bitter.
MOE1905 scored this whisky 91 points
01 Jan 2020 11:21 pm
Nose

90 90

Taste

94 94

Finish

90 90
ezioaudit scored this whisky 82 points
12 Dec 2019 12:05 pm
Stanzeflasche scored this whisky 86 points
15 Nov 2019 1:15 am
A nose very smoky, almost smoky, which will dominate the whole. Behind, the sherry is there, but discreet. Nice balance nevertheless. Leather and caramel, raisins, porridge, tar, soot, peat.
In the mouth, it is light, fruits and sherry leave hardly room for a light and elegant peat. The whole is enhanced by a touch of coarse salt. The spices rise quickly however. The finish is very good, earth, coal, ash and olive oil, some red fruits, light caramel.

Nose

87 87

Taste

85 85

Finish

86 86
liquid_spirit scored this whisky 85 points
14 Oct 2019 4:13 pm
The whole philosophizing about whether the name "Darkest" makes sense, although Bowmore is known to color ... so what ...
The whole argument over whether the 15y without the name addition Darkest is now the same or not .... so what ...
Here you get in any case - especially at the PLV! - a really great whisky. For me but not quite as good as the 18y.

Nose

86 86

Taste

85 85

Finish

83 83

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