Kilchoman Single Cask # 293/2007
Searing Vehemence
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Review by @Victor
- Nose22
- Taste25
- Finish23
- Balance23
- Overall93
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The reviewed sample is compliments of @Nock and from a single cask bottled for Red Dog Wine and Spirits in Nashville, Tennessee. The whisky was distilled Nov 8, 2007 and bottled September 15, 2012, making it 4 years 10 months old. I loved my first taste of this one from a previous sample of this bottle 3 months ago, so, now that I have confirmed that I have a bottle of this waiting for me, I am happy to consume my remaining sample bottle for the purpose of writing this review
Nose: strong sharp acrid-but-pleasant smoke and bitter-sweet peat, some gentle grape fruitiness, and noticeable underlying apple-fruity malt, with a hint of citrus. This is a very focused malt
Taste: Wow! this is as sharp as a razor blade in the mouth, with the nose flavours translating with searing vehemence. I love it!
Finish: long long finish, with a migration toward the previously scarce quality of "sweet", which maintains a good balance with the other flavours which are both sour and bitter. The evolution from nose through finish is one of dry-bitter-sour-astringent moving toward sweet-dry-bitter-sour-astringent
Balance: this whisky makes a very big statement of the bold flavour sort which I love. It is flavourful in a style which is both pointed and intense. There is a good variety of flavours, and smoke and peat lovers will find this one easy to love
What is the purpose of reviewing a unique single barrel expression which will be available to few prospective whisky drinkers? More than anything else I would say that the purpose is to make all whisky lovers aware of the tremendously high quality and distinctive characteristics which are available through being willing to sample the private single cask/single barrel whisk(e)y products which can sometimes be obtained when they are sought out. It very much helps, of course, if you can sample the whisky in which you are interested, but, lacking your own opportunity to sample the whisky yourself, the high recommendation of others is also very useful information to obtain regarding any product in which you may have an interest
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@Victor -- You're right, most of us will probably never get to try this one. But a fascinating review nonetheless, and another foreshadowing of the joys in store when Kilchoman comes of age.