Bowmore Black 31 Years Old Final Edition 49% 1964

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (91)

Great to taste this one after the 2nd edition we had in Paris. Colour: tobacco-greenish. Nose: big sherry, bold torrefaction, freshly sawed wood, old leather. Then some shoe polish, getting heavier and heavier. Lots of Havana tobacco and rancio (old Banyuls wine). Perhaps just a little tired. Hints of soy sauce, mocha, walnut liqueur. Very little fruit, this time – the sherry seems to have taken much more than its share. Mouth: nice attack, on some typical tropical fruits – here there are. Lots of cold tea, with some quite heavy tannins, pepper and clove. Gets spicier end spicier (‘wood’ spices, cinnamon, nutmeg). Goes on with bitter chocolate, cocoa, orange marmalade. Much less fruit jam than in the 2nd edition, but it’s still very nice, even if a little dry. Long finish, on bitter orange, the whole being finally less ‘clumsy’ than the 2nd edition. My rating is just the same: 91 points.