Two more Kintras : Bladnoch and Bowmore

Some more Single cask kintras after that lovely Glen keith we sampled earlier this week. the first is a Bowmore , 13y, cask No. 80030  (bourbon), 51.1%, distilled in 1998 and bottled 2012.

Kintra Whisky, Bowmore 13 yo , € 66.99kintra_bowmore_13

Nose: Soap, wee peat smoke, wood and liquorice candy , fennel.

Palate: Much more smoke than you would expect only from the nose, chilly, spices, bitter sweet wood, peat, with a sweet and spicy middle, then developing into ash, salt.getting very earthy and bitter.

Finish : Bitter wood, earth, spice,  salt and smoke.

It’s like a bitter ashtray finish. a bit weird for a Bowmore, more like a very dry Ardbeg sort of finish. Not my favourite Islay or Kintra so far.

Score: 83/100

Kintra Bladnoch 22yo ,49% , € 77.99 , 120 btl

kintra_bladnoch_22

Nose: Starts quite grassy with fresh mowed loans, then gets fruitier and woodier with some wood resin, and sweet fruit and honey, as well as vanilla and citrus.

Palate:Citrus notes as well as warm vanilla and fudge, with apricot, wood and a sweet fruit then a pinch of salty butter on toast.

Finish: Drying and bitter sweet, cocoa, and dark chocolate, with a woody ending, and some nuts.

Score: 86/100

Official samples provided by Erik M. of Kintra Whisky

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