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Kilchoman Machir Bay (2013 Edition)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
September 8, 2016 (edited August 5, 2017)
[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]
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I was wondering about the wood stove part when it's 85 degrees here in Sept...but, I figured to each his own with regards to temperature comfort ;-)
The wood stove part - funny out of context with the September post. I originally had this review in the 2012 listing since the 2013 at the time was unavailable. But, yes, they are on the right path and once their products really start maturing I feel they are just to be much desired.
I had the 2012 version last year...totally agree with you---it's young, but very good. Can't wait till they mature a bit, might be even better. They're new, but really good. Unlike some startups, I didn't feel as if I was funding their hit-or-miss research projects.