53,5°
Distillery : Kilchoman - Islay
Bourbon Barrel
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Slightly Peated
This one is the result of a highly original experiment: first distilled with unpeated malted barley, the juice was distilled a second time after being mixed with the foreshots and feints, in other words the liquid resulting from the beginning and end of distillation, of this time well-peated juices, at 50 ppm I suppose, since Kilchoman peats its barley at 50 ppm. The result is a lightly peated whisky, at around 20 ppm, which was kept for 12 years, to the day, in a Bourbon single barrel. It is a limited edition of 240 bottles, sold exclusively in France as part of the New Vibrations Collection launched by La Maison du Whisky.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is well balanced. On the one hand, the peat is very present, mineral, with notes of quartz and silica. On the other, it gives way to velvety white fruits, plums, mirabelles, bananas, and creamy vanilla. The smoke is dusty, set with charcoal and iodine. Some shellfish in the background. On the palate, the fruit is more present, banana purée, juicy pear, yellow apple, but there's still a rather thick peat, somewhat maritime, and lively spices, clove, pepper, cumin. The finish is respectable, quite long, charcoal, gas oil, oily, encaustic, industrial glue.
In Short,
I thought the peat was quite noticeable, and so much the better. There was something abrasive, cottony and tarry about it, unusual for Kilchoman. Otherwise, the rest is pretty well done, but it's still a 12 year old, nothing particularly exceptional, and yet the price is, I find that incongruous.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
In Letter Form - Edison's Medicine
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