Bowmore 20y/o Poker Face Collection Hidden Spirits 51.5%ABV 15ml/30ml

The Italian independent bottler Hidden Spirits occasionally releases collections of exceptional whiskies with modern art on the label such as 'The Seekers' and 'The Poker Face Collection'. They are very limited, beautifully presented and the whisky is often mind-blowing. As a result they are highly collectable and increasingly difficult to actually taste as they are 'Objets d'Art'. This is a 20 year old Bowmore from a refill cask - the label has a painting by Severino Del Bono that has a girl with her eyes covered with orange slices and somehow this makes the whisky look a little like Fanta - not sure if it is an optical illusion. Complex fruity and delicate dram, subtle maritime oily notes, floral and tropical fruit, peat is refined and a little muted. One of only 108 bottles. Beautiful whisky, beautiful bottle - will likely regret opening this in a decade as I expect it will be worth a huge amount due to its quality, rarity and collectability.