Kilchoman 100% Islay 10 Year Old 2013 Bourbon Barrel Single Cask 27/2013

Kilchoman 100% Islay 10 Year Old 2013 Bourbon Barrel Single Cask 27/2013 is a single cask from Kilchoman's 100% Islay line, made only from barley grown at the distillery's Rockside Farm and floor malted, peated, distilled, matured and bottled on site. Cask 27/2013, a bourbon barrel, was filled on 24 January 2013 and bottled on 8 August 2023 after ten years, at 55.5% ABV; it yielded only 243 bottles of 700ml. It is non chill filtered with no colour added and comes in a gift box. Kilchoman sources its bourbon barrels directly from the Buffalo Trace distillery in the USA. Kilchoman, Islay's farm distillery, was founded by Anthony and Kathy Wills in 2005; its 90-hour fermentation and some of the smallest stills in Scotland marry earthy, maritime peat smoke with light floral and citrus notes. The distillery's notes for this cask point to tropical fruit, citrus and peach wrapped in salty, campfire peat smoke. Angus MacRaild of Whisky Fun scored it 88 points, praising its precision and purity.

Tasting Notes: Tropical fruit, vanilla and peach with salty peat smoke.

Nose: Tropical fruit and floral citrus sweetness with salty peat smoke.

Palate: Fresh vanilla, peach and malt layered with campfire smoke.

Finish: Silky and fragrant, with mixed fruit sweetness and herbal smoke.

Serve: Neat, with a few drops of water if preferred.