Bowmore 33 Year Old – The Kinship (Hunter Laing) | 700ML

Detailed Description

Joining The Kinship range from independent bottler Hunter Laing comes this superb single malt from Bowmore, celebrating the wildlife of Islay! Matured for a generous 33 years, it was finally bottled up at cask strength, with a total release of just 247 bottles. A real treasure for fans of the legendary Islay-based distillery.

Bowmore 33 Year Old – The Kinship (Hunter Laing) | 700ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Soft peat reek, seaweed and creamy fudge on the nose, along with pickled ginger.

Palate: Dill and leather notes, beautifully elegant on the palate with the peat more pronounced, slowly evolving into a wonderfully long.

Finish: Focused and elegant finish.

Distillery Information

The River Laggan journeys many miles through Islay, cutting its course through ferrous rocks, peat bog, moss and grassy mound, ‘til it finds itself at the Western harbour town of Bowmore, Islay’s capital. The distillery produces some two million litres annually and adheres to strict traditions; production methods have scarcely changed in two centuries. Founded in 1779, by John Simpson, Bowmore is Islay’s oldest distillery. Following purchase in 1837, by William and James Mutter, the distillery was resold in 1892 to the Bowmore Distillery Company Ltd. Changing hands twice during the late 1920s, in 1963 the distillery was purchased for £117,000 by Stanley P Morrison. Bowmore has had a long affiliation with Japanese pioneers Suntory, who acquired a stake in the company during the late 1980s. In 1994, they bought the company outright. Bowmore enjoys a curious middle-ground as far as flavour is concerned; far from being a lighter offering – à la Northern Islay-based Bunnahabhain – the spirit is not as heavily peated nor as smoky, as its three Southern cousins surrounding Port Ellen. Today, Bowmore produces a heralded malt and the second best-selling Islay whisky after the leviathan Laphroaig. The range is quite large and independent bottlings have been released as well as a core range of acclaimed house bottlings, including the rare 1993 released Black Bowmore, a 1964 vintage whose initial asking price was around £2,500.