Bowmore Scotch Single Malt 18 Year Manzanilla Cask The Vintner's Trilogy 2018 Bottle:12 allowing the grapes to fully

allowing the grapes to fully ripen and to give a floral and exotic character to this wine while preserving a real freshness which is fairly rare for the white Côtes du Rhône Blanc

dark red fruits

and spicy oak with medium body and shifts to a finish of plum

from the times when grafting with selected detached scions has been practiced to combine wine varieties in the rows

Red blends are a mixed blessing in California

Bowmore Scotch Single Malt 18 Year Manzanilla Cask The Vintner's Trilogy 2018 Bottle:12 allowing the grapes to fullyThe colour is chestnutoloroso sherry and the texture shows many small tears that sowly consolidate and stick to the top of the glass (a great oiliness). The nose offers an extremely winey driven but typical (modern) Bowmore profile with vanilla, maritime, peaty and fruity aromas. Very complex and interesting to explore. Some drops of water help to reduce the dominant wine aromas.