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1997 Douglas Laing & Co. XOP Xtra Old Particular Bowmore 21 Year Old Single Cask Limited Edition Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky (700ml)

Islay, SCOTLAND
$499. 00
Bottle
$5988.00 Dozen
ABV: 56.2%
The highest tier of Douglas Laing's current collection is the XOP (Xtra Old Particular) label. These are the “family jewels”, each release being a one of a kind, all natural whisky.

Drawn from one refill hogshead in 2018, this is Bowmore as few will have experienced it before. Just 317 bottles made it to market. We have one only, and according to the lads at whiksyfun.com, it's a cracker! (Review below).

Other reviews... Colour: white wine (indeed, hurray). Nose: greatly austere, waxy, oily and petroly, very coastal, yet self-restrained, with the usual brine, those tarry ropes, and some kind of salted bread dough. Nothing bad to say this far. With water: bandages on a beach, seawater, oysters, kelp, iodine. And that old tweed jacket from the good old days when Harris tweed was Harris tweed (that was a message only for the tuned-in people). Mouth (neat): stunning. This is Bowmore. Pure lemon juice, seawater, kippers, olive oil. Elementary and fat-tastic. With water: can binary whisky be top-class? Seawater and lemon, that’s all. Okay, plus wax and almond oil. Finish: long, very waxy, you’d even believe you’ve just quaffed fusel oil. Quite. Comments: whisky for wine people. That may sound silly, I know… In fact you could almost call this cool-climate malt whisky, provided you aren’t scared of anything. 90 points - Serge Valentin, whiskyfun.com

Note from the bottlers... The nose is archetypal Bowmore – slightly peppered with brown sugar, a salty tang and gentle smoke. The palate reveals cures meats with toasted brioche, orange rind and creamy cereal. The long finish has a warming earthiness, peated barley and honeycomb. 56.2% Alc./Vol.