Kilchoman Sanaig (2016 Edition)

À la hauteur de la grande réputation de cette distillerie. Sent exactement ce qu’il goûte : un mélange de sherry, raisins, fruits tropicaux et fumée. Belle longueur! La fumée est vraiment bien balancée, enlevant rien aux autres arômes. J’avais goûté le Machir Bay lorsque je commençais à boire du scotch et je n’avais pas aimé. Je serais curieux de goûter de nouveau celui-ci ainsi que le reste de la gamme Kilchoman. Bouteille ouverte en janvier 2021.

Super dram. Originally wasn’t that impressed upon opening it. After I got about halfway down the bottle over the course of a few weeks, I looked around and thought, “this is literally one of the best Sherry influenced drams I’ve ever had.” Don’t always judge a dram right away. Some get better over time like this one.

Nose is sweet cereal and candied fruit. Some darker earth and leather notes after it settles. There is some smoke like from the inside of a cold grill. Palate is river stone, iodine, smoke, sweet dried fruit. It develops slowly and those flavors keep going around and around each other. Very enjoyable dram. The back and is smoky and sweet that lasts into a long smoky finish. Some water brings dark cocoa on the nose and the palate gets a bit darker and adds deep dark chocolate and coffee notes that last well into the finish.

“Wow!” That was my first expression. I was skeptical going into this bottle, but all my doubts have been cleared; this is one amazing whisky. Kilchoman being the youngest and newest Islay Distillery made me think their inexperience and young whisky could not match the competition, but I was wrong. Kilchoman now rests with great trust and appreciation from me. I can not wait to try the rest of what they have to offer. Truly, stunningly wonderful. Nose: Sherry, raisins, peaches, citrus, slight strawberry, slight oak and the peat creeping behind Palate: Briny, peat, smoke, sherry, peaches, cherry, sugar sweet, slight oak, and the peat builds. Finish: Briny, sherry, peat, smoke, peaches, fruity sweet, and slight malt Beautiful, complex flavor. Everything blends together in a beautiful harmony. The classic flavors of a young, fruited whisky blends with the classic Islay taste make for an unforgettable composition.