Bowmore Virgin Oak Matured

Overall rating: 87.10/100
votes: 106

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Bowmore
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Feis Ile Collection
Bottled: 2015
Casktype: Virgin Oak Casks
Number of bottles: 1000
Strength: 55.7 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottled for: Feis Ile 2015
Market: United Kingdom
Added on: 27 May 2015 7:39 pm by cfosterk

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€ 202,45

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Whisky Reviews for Bowmore Virgin Oak Matured

24 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.10 points

ASWhisky scored this whisky 91 points
16 Sep 2015 1:15 pm
finally a good Bowmore with style, character and excitement
not been drinking something like Bowmore for a long time
old school style
he is good and I am happy
he was really fun
yes, I'm in heaven

Nose

it is raining fine twine
the air is hazy
fine smoke is still rising from the beams
he smells burned and iodine
The vase stands lonely and unmoving on the table as if nothing had happened
white lilies
the flower water has almost evaporated
Yesterday you peeled oranges here
You can still feel her ripe sweet flesh on your tongue
You are stroking your lips
the rain on your skin is salty
how intensively you suddenly feel and smell everything
flowery, fruity, salty and yet terribly sweet
You take a deep breath
The wood smoke mixes with the sweet smell of white lilies
the pulp drips seductively
mmh .. Your saliva starts to flow

Taste

nice soft and sweet in the beginning with chocolate
then your tongue glows from wood ash
nice spicy ashes
Wood with chocolate and sweet orange
Between your tongue and your palate, spicy bitterness of wood ash arises
with a lot of sweet orange
You feel smoke on the palate and in the throat
the smoke is very full and swells from your inside into the throat
…it's good
Your tongue tastes of sweet tobacco and dark liquid caramel
Smoke and ashes remain in your cheeks
In your mouth caramelized ivy leaves remain with sugar ... mmmh

what a beautiful mouth
a very nice floral note tart and sweet
with 85.52 points clearly undervalued in the base

Finish

long
many notes on the finish
from smoky, sweet, tart to soft, everything is there ... wood and sweet tobacco
a lot of warm orange juice with cocoa / barrel very delicious
and he keeps coming back
bitter sweet tea leaves
Wow very beautiful

this is smelling wood ash and sweet ivy in the empty glass
Marko_I did not rate this whisky
08 Dec 2016 10:10 pm
I like Bowmore and liked pretty much all the Virgin Oak bottlings so far ... and here's where the right people met, yummy.

Nose

Cuddly-cozy, sweet, spicy wood smoke (not a bit bitter or ashen or phenolic), brown sugar, flambé pudding, white chocolate, cedar wood, a hint of orange marmalade

Taste

full-bodied & intense, dark chocolate, spicy, sweet, again dark cane sugar, molasses, candied orange peel, the smoke is subtle, only slightly ashy / bitter, sweetish-woody, hookah tobacco

Finish

long, sugar sweetness, tobacco, the smoke comes again clearly, but not too bitter, pleasant spice
megabreit scored this whisky 90 points
27 Mar 2016 10:54 pm
One of the best Bowmore malts I've tasted so far.

Nose

Flowery hyacinths, beeswax and smoke, behind it orange notes. The scent is of almost breathtaking gravity, as if you are doing cross-country skiing in high temperatures and high humidity.

Taste

Caramelised barley malt, honey, dark fruits, toasted brown bread, brine and a peat smoke

Finish

long, warm and very balanced
Gloin scored this whisky 90 points
13 Sep 2015 11:08 pm
The whisky is very constant; no element (nose, mouth, palate) falls off the rest. The whisky is consistent and has exciting notes. A very good bowmore, really, very delicious.

Nose

Mild to moderately strong smoke, burnt and somewhat medicinal, very soft for the high alcohol content, sweet caramel, floral, sweet citrus fruits in the background, (sweet orange?), A subtle hint of glue, slightly scented

Taste

Sweet medical smoke, then a slight prickling on the tongue, outrageously sweet, a little wood, spicy, at the second sip slightly bitter, sage, the smoke is stronger than in the nose

Finish

Sweet smoke, caramel, burnt sugar, panna cotta with caramel sauce, the smoke stays discreet but long on the palate, sweet tobacco
Sidney87 scored this whisky 90 points
13 Jul 2018 11:00 pm
- Nose
  
  87 87
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  91 91
magic_slim scored this whisky 86 points
11 Sep 2017 6:41 pm
I am happy that Bowmore did not use wine casks again for their Feis Ile bottling. This one is much better than the other ones that I tasted before.

Nose

Intensively peaty, fresh and clean with licorice at first nosing. Sweet and oaky, with notes of log-fire, pencil shavings, dark honey, caramel and orange zest. Very nice and pleasant.

Taste

Warming, sweet and spirituous like one of these old Black&White Blends at first mouthfeel, then dominated by smoky and oaky aromas with notes of black tea and pepper. A little bit austere but summarizing the taste is nice and pleasant.

Finish

Long and spirituous, warming from deep inside with a dry, peppery and oaky aftertaste.
whiskycuse did not rate this whisky
26 Jul 2017 4:23 pm

Tasting Notes:

https://whiskycuse.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/bowmore-nas-virgin-oak-matured-557-vol-ob-feis-ile-2015/
Albaron scored this whisky 86 points
31 May 2017 10:24 pm
The nose is interesting. The mouth is not that strong but still a good bowmore. Delicious and completely different than the others. Many unusual flavors that are fun. There is still a lot to discover and another tasting would certainly bring more.

Nose

tons of vanilla, honey, some mint, oak, green apples, light smoke, some sea breeze and oily

Taste

Smoke, vanilla, oak, the tannins are very present, warming, mint, bright melon, some pear and solvent

Finish

still pleasant oak, light smoke and the mint blows away slowly
hs305 scored this whisky 87 points
06 May 2017 12:09 pm

[June, 2015] I had this dram during a "Feis Ile 2015" tasting at Bonn.In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50
- 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored it 87,5. I took no detailed notes.
helmutgw scored this whisky 80 points
17 Jan 2017 12:48 pm
F: oiled alder N: (bourbon) sweetness, strong alcoholic, closed G: very thin body, sweet - spicy - spicy: rape honey, vanilla, wood A: long, alcoholic, bitter + H2O: gets pretty thin, more bourbon flavors, vanilla - does not stand more water
- Nose
  
  79 79
- Taste
  
  81 81
- Finish
  
  79 79

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