Kilkerran Heavily Peated Peat in Progress Batch N°1

59,3°

Distillery : Glengyle - Campbeltown

Bourbon and Sherry Casks

Original Bottling

Limited Edition

Single Malt

Bottled in 2019

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength 

Peated around 84 ppm

The distillery is trying out this heavily peated bottling in 2019, which is currently being followed by two other batches of the same kind.

Let's Taste It : 

At first, the nose is very similar to that of Kilkerran 12 year old. Vanilla, country flavours, cowshed, with barley sugar, but in a rougher, less refined way. Rustic. Then the peat rises, quite heavy. Imposing. No smoke or iodine, just peat. It enhances the vanilla, with a herbaceous, earthy touch. A good match. On the palate, olive oil, vanilla, then the pepper rises, it's strong. It's fairly flat, but the finish is nice, an ounce of caramelised coal, peat and earth, melting salted butter.

 

In Short, 

It's astonishing, and will delight fans of the genre. Having said that, the whisky is very young and not very complex, so it would be better to wait for a bottling in the same style but older, which will be more worthwhile. 

Score : 86

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

                                           Kiss - I Was Made For Loving You