46°
Distillery : Kilchoman - Islay
1st Fill and 2d Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 50 ppm
Like every year since 2013, Kilchoman is bringing us a new version of the peat and Sherry combination. This one is the 12th, it's 9 years old, and is the fruit of 23 Butts of Oloroso Sherry from Bodega José y Miguel Martin, 17 of which are first-fill and 6 second-fill. It was released with a total of 18,000 bottles. Loch Gotm is close to the distillery, where it draws its water.
Let's Taste It :
Liquorice and damsons, muscat grapes. The peat is not too strong, quite earthy. It gives a fine balance. Chocolate filled with dried fruits, bark dipped in caramel, a few drops of diesel and gas oil. Fig, thick smoke, hints of honey. Blueberry jam, peach pit. Dark chocolate mousse. Velvety on the palate, a good reflection of the nose, melted chocolate, flowing over fresh pear, red fruits, cinnamon, whiffs of smoke. The spices are barely perceptible, just a bit of nutmeg. Long finish, fairly smoky, not very explosive. Wood dripping with treacle, amber tobacco, beer yeast, cereal notes.
In Short,
I found that this one insisted a lot on liquorice, and I didn't entirely like that. All in all, it's still a very nice bottling, but not the best Loch Gorm I've ever tasted. Still, it's up there with the rest of the series. The price, on the other hand, is again too high in my opinion.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Alcest - L'Envol
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