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BOWMORE DISTILLERY

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BOWMORE DISTILLERY

The village of Bowmore is the “capital” of Islay, and its famous distillery a justifiably popular center for visitors.  The distillery, founded in 1779, is kept in beautiful condition – but not to be confused with the local school, which has decorative pagodas.  In both geography and palate, the whiskies of Bowmore are between the intense malts of the south shore and the gentlest extremes of the north.  Their character is not a compromise but an enigma, and tasters have found it difficult to unfold its complexity.  The water used rises from iron-tinged rock, and picks up some peat from the earth as it flows by way of the River Laggan, through moss, ferns, and rushes, to the distillery.  While the peat higher on the island is rooty, that at Bowmore is sandier. 

The company has its own maltings, where the peat is crumbled before it is fired to give more smoke than heat.  The malt is peated for a shorter time than that used for the more intense Islay whiskies.  About 30 per cent of the whisky is aged in sherry.  The distillery is more exposed to the westerly winds than others, so there may be more ozone in the complex of aromas and flavors.

HOUSE STYLE
Smoky, with leafy notes (ferns?) and sea air.  Younger ages before dinner, older after.

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