The Islay firm has produced only 53 unique bottles of Bowmore 40 Years Old that are inspired by the islands coastline and are available in shops in October and November.
Scottish glass-blowers Brodie Nairn and Nichola Burns created the hand-blown bottles that are sculpted using molten glass and stones collected from the Islay shore so that no two bottles are the same.
Nairn said: “Our approach to creating glassware is very similar to the approach Bowmore take with their whiskies; hand-crafted and born from the environment. All our work is free-blown and very organic in nature. For us, the Islay coastline was the natural inspiration for the bottle design.”
Hamilton and Inches, a Scottish jeweller and a warrant holder added the finishing touches to the bottle with a hand-engraved solid silver collar that adorns each bottle.
The bottle is presented on a beautifully polished slab of natural slate providing a fitting plinth to display the bottle at its best.
David Wilson, sales and marketing director at Morrison Bowmore, said: “We are extremely proud of the Bowmore 40 Years Old. They are the result of a huge amount of care and skill by our dedicated and devoted team of craftsmen, and are a valued addition to our unrivalled collection of limited editions.”
Bowmore has also launched 402 bottles of Bowmore 1981 that sells at £270 a bottle.
Bowmore 1981 is packaged in a wooden gift box with a ‘weather-beaten’ brown leather strap and copper buckle, each bottle is also accompanied by a hand-signed and numbered certificate by the distillery manager.
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