Bowmore Black Rock is part of the distillery’s travel retail range. It was matured predominantly in Spanish ex-sherry casks.

Actually it’s part of a trilogy, alongside Bowmore Gold Reef and Bowmore White Sands, both ex-bourbon wood.

Bowmore Black Rock (40%, OB 2014, travel retail)

Nose: not entirely fresh sherry, which luckily isn’t too loud. A bit of rubber, some organic notes as well. Toffee notes, pepper and cinnamon. Milk chocolate with hints of vanilla. Light smoke. Mouth: oily, with some salty peat, a bit of iodine and stewed fruits. Cocoa sweetness. Soft spices and an ever so light smoky...