Kilkerran 16 yo 2021

 

 

 

46°

Distillery : Glengyle - Campbeltown

75% Bourbon and 25% Sherry Casks 

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2021

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured 

Peated from 12 to 15 ppm 

In 2020 the Glengyle distillery celebrated its 16th anniversary. On this occasion, they released a 16 year old. Success was there, and so the idea came to release one every year. This Batch is the second one, and it is different from the very first, which had a little touch of Marsala, while this one is mainly under Bourbon influence. The number of bottles produced is not known.

Let's Taste It : 

It's creamy. On the pastry cream, vanilla, Greek yoghurt, with a sea breeze, a shovelful of hay and a whiff of peat. After a while, I catch a glimpse of white fruits, plums, Chasselas grapes and green apples. Very sweet. Mountain honey, slight lemon acidity, grapefruit and lychee. In the background, far behind, a hint of fuel oil. On the palate, it's light, more lemony, with a hint of honeyed gooseberry, fiery spices , cumin, cloves, nutmeg, and a young, vigorous, barely bitter woodiness, sprinkled with earth and a few plants. The finish is very long, charcoaled, still bitter, with sparkling citrus fruit and a fresh finish.

 

In Short, 

To be honest, it's a bit of a disappointment for me. The nose lacks character for my taste, the rest is on the level of a good 16 year old. The whole is dominated by lemon, one of the things I'm not a fan of in whisky. Then there's a little bitterness on the palate. It's still a fine product, very elaborate, and that's reflected in my score. However, I don't know if I'm going to experiment any further with this expression.

Score : 88

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

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