Bowmore 18 Year Deep & Complex

With PC. NL didn’t like it, I did

Nose: Burned wood, blackberries, Concord grapes and touch of eucalyptus oil. Palate: Not particularly sweet, but I do get a grape candy note flavour poking though a very dominant dry woodsy flavour. There's some tarry peat in the mix as well. Finish: Lingering dry burned wood and eucalyptus oil. Medium length. This was overall a pretty disappointing bottle even though it was relatively inexpensive for an 18 year old scotch (101$ CAD). Makes me wonder whether I should even bother with the standard 18 year old?