Scotland, Isle of Islay: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making, production and tasting notes
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Kilchoman

Description of the whisky

The distillery

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Rockside Farm
Bruichladdich, Isle of Islay, PA49 7UT
+44 1496 850011

Owner: Anthony Wills

Creation date: 2005

Anthony Wills, the owner of Kilchoman was dreaming of a new whisky distillery on Islay since 2001. After some financial problems, his dream became true in 2004 and the new distillery was born, Production would begin in 2005.
The Kilchoman distillery is settled near a village of the same name, which is supposed to be the very first distillation place in Scotland, when the distillation science was imported from Ireland.
It is one of the only distilleries where the whole production process happens: from malting to bottling.
Kilchoman is a farm-distillery with quite a confidential production compared to the big distilleries on the Island.
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The whisky

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List of the bottles

Description of the distillery

Official Inaugural release 86/100 1
Official New Spirit 0/100  
Kilchoman: official bottlings

Kilchoman

New Spirit
Age
 0 years
Alcohol percentage
 63,5 %
Bottler
 Official
Bottle
 0 of 0 btls
Particularity
 Non chillfiltered cask strength (8 days old)
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Kilchoman New Spirit
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Kilchoman

Inaugural release
Age
 3 years
Alcohol percentage
 46 %
Bottler
 Official
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 86/100
Kilchoman inaugural release
Color: Gold
A nice fresh and dry peat pleasantly enhanced with some floral scents alongside hints of undergrowth and even of stable, so often associated with peat.
The first palate is very smooth chocolate with subtle slightly fruity notes . A nice balance between the various tastes perfectly characterizes this whisky. The taste is softer than the nose foreshadowed. Beautiful rich texture, lots of pleasure in the mouth. Not too complex but a real pleasure whisky
The final contrasts somewhat with the mouth as the first notes in the final is considerably fresher than the mouth was. The fruit seems to dominate for some very short moments, before returning to the comfortable notes of coffee or cocoa that characterized the mouth and nose.
A superb whisky, peaty at will without the domination of the peat being annoying for someone that can easily appreciate a peatless whisky.
86/100
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