It’s been nearly two years since Bowmore and Aston Martin launched their first collaborative whisky–the $66,000 Black Bowmore DB5 1964–and now the duo have returned with an much more luxurious providing, the Bowmore ARC-52. The brand new providing is available in at a considerably staggering $75,000.
The oldest whisky launched by the Islay distillery to this point, the Bowmore ARC-52 has matured for 52 years in a wedding of two cask kinds: 50% in American Oak Hogshead and 50% in a European Oak Butt.
“A Bowmore as beautiful and complicated as this 52-year-old is testomony to the talents of our distillery group and their dedication to optimizing the time spent in cask to create such an unbelievable spirit,” mentioned James Neil, Bowmore’s Canadian Model Ambassador. “With ARC-52 the complexity of this single malt is unquestionable and to attain such excellent stability not solely defines its bodily type however unites superbly in each drop of this beautiful whisky.
Bowmore’s grasp blender Ron Welsh famous, “Working with Aston Martin stays massively rewarding and interesting for me. It continues to encourage and present us a distinct means of working, with absolute precision, and has allowed us to create what, for my part, is one of the best Bowmore over 50 years outdated that I’ve ever tasted.”
On the nostril, the Scotch is creamy and fruity with notes of vanilla and custard cream alongside peach, pear, kumquat, mandarin, and a touch of guava with natural notes of contemporary mint and eucalyptus. The palate is nice, fruity and citric with flavors of inexperienced grapes and peach melba, clementine, lime zest but additionally nutty notes of almond and hazelnuts, tobacco leaves with a barely peaty ashy and buttery character. The end is natural and medicinal with unique fruits, praline and butterscotch notes.
Whereas the whisky is actually thrilling, it’s the “futuristic vessel” it is available in that’s received lots of people scorching and bothered. Half Bowmore, half Aston Martin the bottle explores “the beliefs of stability,” in line with a press launch, “capturing excellent stability mixed with definitive depth.” From the meticulously engineered bespoke magnetic key, which releases the aluminum prime to the individually hand-blown glass, that is design on a distinct scale.
“ARC–52 sits on the apex of our partnership, really exhibiting the depth of what we will create collaboratively,” commented Marek Reichman, Chief Artistic Officer, Aston Martin. “We got down to produce one thing which hasn’t been seen earlier than, capturing our uncompromising design ideas and likewise the magnificence of the whisky. I consider that what we have now created is actually a chunk of sculpture. Taking stability as crucial issue, as we do in designing Aston Martin vehicles, we’ve harnessed heritage and innovation in excellent stability. For me, there may be simply a lot to find with this whisky because it embodies a lot hidden data and even the color appears prefer it’s been created by time.”
Whereas that $75,000 price ticket would possibly sound a bit excessive, there may be proof that’s in reality a cut price. When the Black Bowmore DB5 launched nearly two years in the past for $66,000, it appeared a bit of ludicrous, however just some months later a bottle was auctioned off by Sotheby’s for $118,750. At the moment, you will discover a bottle from a luxurious London retailer for $260,000.
Bottled at 42.3%, simply 100 decanters of Bowmore ARC-52 will probably be obtainable in key international markets together with UK, Germany, Netherlands, USA, China, Singapore, International Journey Retail and Canada.
For extra info, head over to Bowmore’s official web site.
Bowmore and Aston Martin have additionally launched different whiskies: a 21-year-old single malt whisky known as Bowmore Masters’ Choice and the Designed by Aston Martin Assortment, which is made up of 10, 15, And 18 Yr Outdated whiskies.
