Bowmore 17-year-old

Overall rating: 84.17/100
votes: 414

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Bowmore
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: White Sands
Stated Age: 17 years old
Casktype: Ex-Bourbon Casks
Strength: 43.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5010496003848
Bottled for: Travel Retail Exclusive
Added on: 14 Jun 2015 7:20 pm

Average value

€ 81,65

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Whisky Reviews for Bowmore 17-year-old

70 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.17 points

ASWhisky scored this whisky 88 points
18 Apr 2014 6:09 pm
a delicious whisky
mmh, I like him indeed

Nose

Flashback> Cowshed, moldy peat with smoke
Orange, mango, caramel chocolate,
Smell of grilled pineapple on beef steak

Taste

Smooth and cool,
slightly sparkling fresh
Oranges with a lot of milk chocolate
Salt, smoke and peat

Finish

long and sparkling
wort
oranges
Malt sweetness & peat & salt
hs305 scored this whisky 87 points
30 Nov 2018 10:22 pm
[November, 2018] I had this dram during a Jim McEwan tasting in Bonn and he claimed that the 17-years old Bowmore was and is one of his favourites (not stating how many favourites he owns in total)...

...and it is a somewhat chequered dram with a great old-stylish nose, a good palate but a rather weak mouthfeel and finish. Nonetheless, easy to sip and worth a try, for sure.

Nose

90 90

The colour is deep gold and the nose offers a fine old style Traditional Scotch profile with tons of OBFs (delicious cheesy notes, not the sweaty ones) floating my olfactory cells beside the trademark fruity and peaty aromas - wow, this truly reminds me of some old standard (12-years) Bowmore releases of the seventies. Not too bad and I wonder if it is just this batch that smells that way or if this is a "White Sands" trademark nose. I certainly will check this again next year...

Taste

88 88

The taste cannot keep up with the very fine nose but still it is a delicious fruity, honey and peaty profile that is nicely balanced. Unfortunately, it is not layered and the complexity is rather limited - but fortunately, it is tasty and quaffable. Water releases more aromas in the nose and flavours on the palate and it takes out most of the rather unpleasant plastics mouthfeel so I suggest to reduce this dram a little bit.

Finish

84 84

The initial mouthfeel is warming and a little coating with a minor astringent feeling that I do not like (plastics). The finish is of medium length and adds no new impressions but the drying-astringent mouthfeel (plastics, metals) again. Too bad as the nose was great and the palate very good - this finish is rather sub-standard...
Othorion scored this whisky 86 points
06 Mar 2018 7:49 pm
Tasty stuff, good PLV! Was a blind tasting

Nose

Is that light smoke?!? From dRambo? Surprisingly, but I clearly have tender campfire smoke in my nose. Spicy, citrus fruits, old cardboard box, flower meadow, lilac, allspice, nutmeg, honey, with some time and hand warmth now also peach and apple cider vinegar. To feel zero alcohol, very pleasant and harmonious to smell

Taste

Warming, getting dry, unusual, the sweetness and the fruit are quickly forgotten, but the heat and the oak spiciness combined with black pepper and ginger stay very long pepper, spices, nutmeg, creamy, chocolate, honey, floral-fruity, a little watery, some orange and peaches

Finish

warming, dry, unusual, the sweetness and the fruit are quickly forgotten, but the heat and the oak spiciness combined with black pepper and ginger remain very long
Okto-Bull scored this whisky 86 points
01 Jan 2018 12:05 am

Delicious. That's how I imagine an ex-bourbon Islay malt in its old age. Could do with a few more turns, though.
dRambo scored this whisky 87 points
30 Dec 2017 6:46 pm
I have days I do not like him - on others I think he is too thin, but mostly it is a great spicy aromatic malt with a top PLV (55 €) which does not overwhelm me and is quite complex for its price.

Nose

initially wet cardboard, freshly cut Privet hedge, freshly turned hay - which is already warm and just before fermenting, ancient but dry sawn wood - which carries a mild mold fungus note.
heated: delicate smoke with sweet sour oak note, frankincense, fire, slightly warmed liquorice, with nutmeg, subtle beautifully aged lemon, crystalline sugared lemon zest, dried dates and figs, ripe mango without acid, orange juice, orange zest, bay leaf oil, slightly biting tannins tannins , the nose is getting denser and oily, sweet and sour, when he is first hand warm and you breath flat out of the Snifter.

Taste

soft, waxy, oak with pepper, anise, fennel, caraway, salt, some laurel and juniper, sweetness, it is very supple and slightly syrupy, with small sips slightly thin from the aromas

Finish

Mint, licorice, forest honey, anise, spicy herbaceous oak a little wax on the tongue - the sip was not too small and if you chewed it long enough remains a long spicy peppery impression that does not burn alcohol
Gloin scored this whisky 87 points
07 Jun 2015 4:48 pm
Elegant and rather light, but with character. You should give the whisky time. He does not reveal his qualities at first glance. Those who are patient will be well rewarded.

Nose

Citrus fruits, but only slightly sour, so towards orange or sugared grapefruit. Salty sea air blends with sweet caramel. The smoke is very reserved, if I did not know that he is there ... Everything is rather soft and mild and smells very good

Taste

It starts with a very delicate herbal note (thyme?), Followed by pineapple. Some oak is there, along with the memory of light chocolate pudding. The whisky looks very elegant

Finish

And finally there is the smoke, if restrained. He is accompanied by dark oak. Everything stays that way for a long time
Classic scored this whisky 87 points
30 Jun 2018 10:20 pm
A very well-tuned standard that really has a lot to offer. Also with a great PLV / PGV!

Nose

The nose is immediately beautiful campfire smoke, plus oranges, a little honey, slightly spicy.

Taste

Lightly tingling in the mouth, oranges, honey, then comes milk chocolate. The whole is nicely wrapped by the smoke, very pleasant and well interwoven. The oak then pushes a little more, plus some peppery notes.

Finish

The quite long finish impresses with milk chocolate, paired with a nice spiciness, to a slight sharpness. Warms up for a long time.
Harvey scored this whisky 79 points
29 Dec 2017 4:37 pm

This is not what i expect from a 17 year old Bowmore and definitely not what it's should be like ! All of the new core range expressions beat this by a mile. When compared to the https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/660/bowmore-17-year-old from the previous bottle shape, this expression is very weak.
Okto-Bull scored this whisky 86 points
02 Apr 2017 7:52 pm

Delicious. That's how I imagine an ex-bourbon Islay malt in its old age. Could do with a few more turns, though.
rolabob scored this whisky 85 points
07 Jan 2020 8:12 pm
Nose

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Taste

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Finish

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