Bowmore 17 Year White Sands

This Bowmore 17yo is spectacular. Not because it tastes like this or that, but because it’s Islay and sent to me by an old friend 5 years ago. @LeeEvolved 🙂🥃🥃

Nose: honey, vanilla, light smoke, citrus, coastal notes. Mouth: Salt, salt and salt, light peat, vanilla and citrus again, some delicate fruits, oak is in background. The sweet notes are messing with me at they would appear to be from an old and too often used sherry cask. A bit too low abv. This edition at 48% would be a wow. Final: a lot of salt again and some wood ripe. Citrus aciditt in background.

Oh dear Bowmore... how could you do this to me after i gave you a perfect score on your Devil's cask iii? Got my hands into this expression, another Bowmore that promises but can't deliver. Although it is not a bad dram, you just have to wonder why a 17yo costs $86 on whisky exchange. Well.... Bottled at 43%abv, tawny color. On the nose, it is maritime and coastal. Sea foam, beach, sand, slightly peated and a little orange. Can't blame them on naming this one "white sands" On the palate, peat, pepper, ashes, gun powder, meat with salt. Aftertaste is very very short, salty. Overall this dram could be better, but i guess is good for $86, but you can get better (like your old friend lagavulin 16yo). My score for it: 74 out of 100.