Kilchoman Sauternes Cask Finish (2018 Edition)

Solid flavour as with every Kilchoman. The sauternes cask adds a nice sweet twist. Some very unusual notes on the nose... Hinoki wood and lime?

My favourite peated whiskeys are from Kilchoman. This one is my favourite of the three or four I’ve tried.

Over the years I've been working my way through drams in roughly the order I bought them with the exception of the 20 or so super drams which I bundled up over the last year and a half and am now working my through with slight Segways or palate cleansers. After the tasting of that lot it will be FIFO (first in first out) with rare exceptions I expedite as one of the Segways as I want to know whether it is worth the rare 2019 instance of a bottle purchase before they sell out. This was one such dram. Beautiful peat, married with sauternes sweetness, no flaws and a lovely warming glowing aftertaste. It is a very nice dram definitely a 4.25. It doesn't however cross into the rare must buy 2019 category for me. I miss the full aging Kilchoman experience. For me whilst excellently executed I'm more of a smack me in the face with what you've got Mr. Cask and this dram isn't that. That was the red wine cask. Nice dram but no cigar / bottle this time round (although I will gratefully accept donations :-)). I will be saving my bottle pennies for the fabled Solstice given the Albariza is most likely sadly out of my reach. Update 11/19. Ok I blew my pennies on the Solstice and then couldn't stop...feast or famine it seems like for me. After buying a bottle of this, the STR and Benromach Peat Sherry 2010 CS I'm officially taking a break.

Peat but great evenness and consistency. Excellent mouthful. Excellent dram.

Pumpkin spice

Un nez tourbé très agréable où on sent légèrement le côté liquoreux du Sauternes avec quelques fruits exotiques. En bouche, la fumée attaque en premier mais bien enrobée dans un corps riche en arômes, caramélisé et bien alcoolisé. La finale est incroyable, très persistante et très agréable. Comme d'habitude, I love Kilcho

With the exception of the 2018 Port Cask, Kilchoman has generally been either a “good” to “damn good” across all their lines. This one is no exception. Instead of a full maturation in sweet dessert Sauternes, it’s just 5 months above it’s 5 year age. Aroma is sweet smoke embers, palette follows closely of smoke and white petit grapes. Lingering smoky sweet finish. My pour sat out for an entire 1 hour through my business dinner, and it simply got better as the minutes went by. What started out as hot and sweet fiery slowly faded throughout the hour into smoky sweet. This is simply excellent. Kilchoman: you more than made up for that Port Cask screw up.