Bowmore, via its owners Beam Suntory GTR, is set to launch a brand new travel retail range in April 2017, inspired by the distillery’s legendary No.1 Vaults, the world’s oldest Scotch maturation warehouse.
The new range will be available exclusively in global duty-free and travel retail stores, making a return to age statements for the first time in five years. Find out more about the three new offerings below:
BOWMORE 10 YEAR OLD: DARK AND INTENSE
Pushing the boundaries of whisky with bold flavour fusions, Bowmore 10 Year Old offers an intense depth from the marriage of Spanish Oak sherry casks and hogsheads. The results is a dark amber liquid, with hints of sun-dried fruit, baked Seville orange and toasted maple on the nose before giving way to sultanas, sea salt and dark fruit oils on the palette. This sherry cask expression has a lingering finish of peat-smoked walnut and spices resulting in an intense meld of fire and earth.
BOWMORE 15 YEAR OLD: GOLDEN AND ELEGANT
Exquisitely married in first fill Bourbon casks, Bowmore 15 Year Old has an inspired and uplifting character. Perfectly balanced through maturation at the home of Bowmore’s legendary No.1 Vaults, this golden barley coloured whisky features a refreshing, silken peat smoked character with notes of citrus.
BOWMORE 18 YEAR OLD: DEEP AND COMPLEX
After 18 years spent in the finest Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, Bowmore 18 Year Old is a perfectly balanced whisky with a rich, chocolate flavour. Flavours of treacle coffee, dates and bitter-sweet orange peel wash over the palate before evolving to roasted coffee and macadamia nuts. The third and final release in the new age statement range, Bowmore 18 Year Old is the jewel in the crown of the travel retail portfolio.
Michael Cockram, Global Marketing Director, Travel Retail at Beam Suntory, comments: “We continue to innovate and find new ways to delight our consumers in travel retail via exceptional product quality and investment in our liquids. We are pleased to present this exceptional new Bowmore range, exclusively to travel retail. Matured in the finest oak casks, these age statement whiskies have been selected for their unique character, allowing us to bring Bowmore’s legendary No.1 Vaults to life for the discerning traveller around the world.”
