Bowmore Gold - 1964 44 Year Old - 42.4%

Founded over two centuries ago in 1779, Bowmore is the first recorded distillery on Islay (pronounced ‘eye-la’) and one of the oldest in the whole of Scotland.

A Titan from Bowmore. Very rare, very collectable.

The final release distilled on the 5th of November 1964, Gold Bowmore is a marriage of three bourbon casks plus the last of the staggeringly good Oloroso casks from this momentous vintage.
44 years of quiet maturation in the famous number one vaults, has allowed an exceptional and rare example of Bowmore single malt to develop – the oldest one ever to be released from the distillery.

Gold Bowmore has been created from the same hand-crafted spirit as the first two with the individual taste of each influenced by the different casks they were matured in. Gold Bowmore is uniquely matured in three Bourbon casks and a single Oloroso cask then carefully married together to make a spirit richly gold in colour with a finish that is beautifully balanced yet incredibly complex.

Only 701 bottles of this remarkable whisky were obtained from the cask.

From Bowmore Distillery, Islay.