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Bowmore Tempest IV/Dorus Mor, 55.1%
Price: ● Issue: Fall 2013 ● Reviewer: Dave Broom ● Category: Single Malt Scotch
Tempest to the world, Dorus Mor in the U.S., this has an intensely salty start that's
like being slapped by a wave on Bowmore's harbor wall. That marine note
continues: samphire, clams with a squeeze of lemon. Water brings out wet clay.
The palate is equally briny, but with a sprig of lavender, then soft fruits
wreathed in peat smoke. It's tense and coiled, with real energy when neat, but
it's best like that, so deal with the heat.
like being slapped by a wave on Bowmore's harbor wall. That marine note
continues: samphire, clams with a squeeze of lemon. Water brings out wet clay.
The palate is equally briny, but with a sprig of lavender, then soft fruits
wreathed in peat smoke. It's tense and coiled, with real energy when neat, but
it's best like that, so deal with the heat.
