KILCHOMAN ISLAY SINGLE MALT SCOTCH

VINTAGES 187823 | 700 mL bottle Price: $ 34.95 Spirits, Scotch Whisky 46.0% Alcohol/Vol. Made in: Scotland, United Kingdom By: Kilchoman Distillery Co Ltd

Release Date: Oct 30, 2010 

Tasting Note

This (rather young) Islay distillery's second release. Like the first, it's aged for about three years and then finished in sherry casks?this time for a shorter two and a half months. Its flavor is similar to the first release. Once again, I am quite impressed. It's very mature for its age, with good viscosity, showing smoldering peat, coal tar, black licorice stick, burnt dark berried fruit, thick-cut marmalade, shoo-fly pie (think molasses), toffee apple, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and a suggestion of wet sheep. Long, peat smoke finish Score - 90. (John Hansell, Malt Advocate, Summer 2010)