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Bowmore 1971 51 year old, 45.3%

Price: 40000 Issue: Fall 2025 Reviewer: Jonny McCormick Category: Single Malt Scotch

The nose has fruity black coffee, freshly roasted coffee beans, beach bonfire embers, toasted walnuts, peat logs, cola, cassis de Bourgogne, molasses pudding cake, and leather. Complex and balanced on the palate, with black currant, bramble, dark chocolate, dried mango, black cherry, cinnamon stick, walnut, leather-seasoned oak, coffee bean, and gingerbread, with a finish of smoky oak and espresso