46°
Distillery : Kilchoman - Islay
Sherry, Bourbon and Port Casks, Ruby Port Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 50 ppm
In 2014, a Kilchoman employee mistakenly mixed casks of Machir Bay with others of Port Casks Matured. The General Manager intervened and decided to transfer the resulting blend to Bourbon casks for 6 years, before finishing it for 6 months in Ruby Port Casks. The result is called "disorder", which is the meaning of the expression "Am Bùrach" in Gaelic, and 10550 bottles were sold.
Let's Taste It :
Birch bark, blackberries, cooked plums. Resin, which gives a nice breadth, bacon, smoked ham. Donkey sausage with garlic and herbs. The peat is not at all overpowering. Candied cherries, pomegranates, gooseberries. Fruity, with a slight acidity. On the palate, damsons, blackcurrants, varnished wood, gold dust, starch, spices, cumin, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon. Long, fruity finish, caramel, charcoal, prickly pears, hazelnut. Black olives. Dry earth.
In Short,
I've always enjoyed the combination of port and peat, and I find this one really interesting, because bourbon is also involved. So the port isn't very overpowering, it's very fruity, a bit coaly, slightly smoky. For me, this is one of the best Kilchoman. The price is a little high, however, so keep it for connoisseurs.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Angel Olsen - Lark
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