Bowmore Legend
Winning Bid
£55
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Bowmore Legend
Lot #0270368
FINISH DATE
29 February 2016
Forming part of the Bowmore Legends series.The story goes - according to the beautifully decorated tubes:
Legend has it that a pair of gulls fly ceaselessly above Lochindaal, on the shores of which lies the Bowmore Distillery.
When the Scots spread from their Celtic homeland to create the Kingdom of Dalriada–in–Alban, the Pictish and Brythonic tribes who already occupied the lands resisted fiercely. Much blood was spilt as war raged between them and the incomers. Legend has it that the daughter of a Pictish King fell in love with a captured Scottish warrior and helped him escape. Together they fled westwards to the Isles. As they rowed towards the young warrior’s home on the shores of Loch Indaal, the sea loch which bites into the heart of Islay, a terrible storm lashed their boat, sending it crashing against the rocks.
The young Scot’s clansmen found only splintered wreckage of the boat and no trace of the lovers – but a pair of white gulls soared and swooped together across the Loch, settling neither on the western nor the eastern shore, as if torn between the two.
The legend endures, and today, before a storm, the Bowmore Distillery echoes to the haunting cry of a pair of gulls.
Legend has it that a pair of gulls fly ceaselessly above Lochindaal, on the shores of which lies the Bowmore Distillery.
When the Scots spread from their Celtic homeland to create the Kingdom of Dalriada–in–Alban, the Pictish and Brythonic tribes who already occupied the lands resisted fiercely. Much blood was spilt as war raged between them and the incomers. Legend has it that the daughter of a Pictish King fell in love with a captured Scottish warrior and helped him escape. Together they fled westwards to the Isles. As they rowed towards the young warrior’s home on the shores of Loch Indaal, the sea loch which bites into the heart of Islay, a terrible storm lashed their boat, sending it crashing against the rocks.
The young Scot’s clansmen found only splintered wreckage of the boat and no trace of the lovers – but a pair of white gulls soared and swooped together across the Loch, settling neither on the western nor the eastern shore, as if torn between the two.
The legend endures, and today, before a storm, the Bowmore Distillery echoes to the haunting cry of a pair of gulls.
Bowmore
If we go by official dates, Bowmore is Islay’s oldest distillery in operation today, kicking off in 1779. Set in a spectacular location, along the coastline from the village of the same name. Bowmore had a mighty reputation founded on some classic whiskies from the 1960s. These have been released in a series of special editions and thankfully the current distillate is excellent. Somehow, Bowmore mixes the peat of Islay with a coastal vibe that is underpinned by a wonderful fruitiness. Shrouded in history, it also arguably has Scotland’s most famous and atmospheric warehouse in the Vault No.1. Stepping into this and walking through the maturing casks, while the ocean crashes against the outer wall, is well worth the price of admission.
Lot Features
Region
Scotland, Islay
