Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection.

Single sherry butt distilled November 1987 and bottled November 2010. 218 bottles.

Big, phenolic, maritime, smoky, beachy – and self evidently from Islay on the nose – the only hint of Sherry is evident from its colour.  Very interesting on the palate by way of its overtly perfumed spiciness – initially dry with even some Wright’s coal tar soap plus yesterday’s ashy bonfire.  Its finish starts to show only now – some late sweet Sherry beyond its Islay style.

Bowmore

Bowmore Distillery was established on the Isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland by John Simpson in 1779. Situated in Bowmore by the shore of Loch Indaal it is the oldest working distillery on Islay and one of the oldest malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. Bowmore Distillery continues to produce a proportion of its malted barley on its own traditional malting floors and malt kilns. Visitors are welcomed in the Bowmore visitor centre where distillery tours are available in addition to Bowmore Distillery cottages to rent. Bowmore Distillery is a participant in Feis Isle, the Islay Festival of Malt and Music.