Kilchoman Machir Bay (2013 Edition)

[2013 bottling]: Sitting in front of my wood stove on an extremely cold night listening to some country music and decided to partake this dram tonight. A wonderful initial wave of campfire smoke is the main attraction on the nose. As it sits and opens, honeysuckle, maritime salt and floral notes aromas strengthen. The palate begins salivating for a taste. When you finally give in to the palates demand, you are rewarded with a full and heavy body that carries vanilla, brown sugar, smoke, tobacco all masterfully balanced. No one flavor dominates, but compliment and work well as a team. When the sip finally exits, the mouth is left with a sweet tobacco flavor and black pepper with a small amount of oak bitterness and vanilla/toffee, all lasting forever. Gently bitter and sweet. A touch of water tames the youngness and improves the experience. This is a wonderful, complex dram and carries itself as a more mature whisky, but the old youngness is apparent. One for a top self. [$57][90/100]. [Opened: 1/31/15][Revisited: 5/24/15; 2/13/16]