There is a very famous french whisky store, called "La Maison du Whisky", where they don't only sell very fancy and rare single malts, they also bottle their own. Considered a top independent bottler, "LMDW" has made a name for itself in the whisky world, and i got to say i have tasted very few of their expressions. One of the most interesting collections that La Maison du Whisky has, is the "Artist" Collection, which are very limited releases with specially made labels by modern artists. I have managed to buy a sample of this Bowmore 15 yo, artist #7, label by Lino Di Vinci, a modern painter from Genova. A beautiful looking bottle, at 56.7%abv; only 286 decanters where ever made. The whisky has a white wine color. Very pale. On the nose, dark fruits as soon as soon as i opened the sample. Latex, a beautiful burnt dry grass note. Dates. Foam. Chocolate cookies. It doesn't have the cleanest aroma at the beggining. Acetone. Definitively some chocolate chips cookies. Letting it breath revealed a welch's grape juice aroma. Lots of chocolate and purple grape aromas. It smells exactly as a purple "bubbaloo" chewing gum. It needed air, to breath a little bit to explode. Red fruit syrup. It is like a powdery super grapy artificial aroma that reminds me of childhood. Incredible. Oh you can't even imagine the aroma it has after a first sip. It is a parafise of figs, dates and dark fruits with cherries and hints of a very mild peat. Mint leaf, pine, other very fresh mountain trees. The aroma here is just crazy. Water balloons. On the palate it follows the nose. Grapes, winey, dark fruits. Amazingly fruity and sweet. It has power but not overly spiciness. Mild ginger. Some burnt grass. Hints of smoke. I have written all this with the holding the first sip in my palate. It is THAT easy to drink. Purple Grape peel. A second sip gave me chocolate, some saltiness, much more astringent than the first sip, all the winey tannins have risen. Aftertasted is very dry and winey, it resembles like licking the glue to close an envelope. There is a cigarrette feeling, almost in the back of your mouth without been overpowering. Very nice, complex and interesting dram. Not very long. Feels like mashed grapes with their peels. This is a delicious whisky, and i just find out there are only 286 bottles ever made. It is so good i had to go to the online store where i bought the sample to inmidiately buy a bottle and i saw two things: it is a little pricey (€400) and it was sold out :( Overall, i deducted 2 points from the short-medium finish, but this was close to perfection. It has opened my eyes to whiskies bottled for "La Maison du Whisky". An "Out of this world experience", my score for it is 98 over 100.