Review #260: Kilchoman 2010 6 year Whisky library pick 59.2%

Islay - 6- NCF - NCA - $110 - 59.2%

Kilchoman is Islay's newest distillery (at least with whisky aged 3 years).  Their whole spiel is that they are a farm distillery that makes their own malt from seed to spirit.  I am sure that is only true for a fraction of their whisky, but still a neat story.  Kilchoman has made a spirit that ages to potable maturity very quickly to help the young distillery survive.  However, besides their wine finishes, I have not been very impressed with them.  I picked this one up as a misfit and enjoyed it.  This is an ex-bourbon single cask aged about two years.  

Color - Pale Gold

Nose - Malt, lemons, incense, lapsang, fresh apples, cantaloupe, burnt match
Palate - Lemons, apples, lapsang, sea spray, toffee

Finish - Medium - Smoked oysters, lemon drops, marshmallow, candied apples, toffee

Overall - 7 - This is a pretty solid peated whisky.  It has enough going on to keep you interested, it drinks well, and it gets a little better with each sip.  The peat, salt, citrus and fruit balance each other well.  This is really enjoyable and I am glad I got a bottle.

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Rating system is price influenced as it is based on my shopping decisions when buying a bottle.

10 Best in Show

9 Great Dram for Special Occasions

8 Worthy of consistent spot in my collection

7 Worth picking up a bottle if in the mood

6 I would buy a bottle if it went on sale
5.5 I really enjoyed but it will never be priced at where I would buy a bottle

5 I would drink it happily if offered

4 I would drink it if offered on the rocks

3 Maybe some soda will make this potable

2 I'll Pass

1 Toilet cleaner

Inclusive Ratings

Overall 6.1

Standard Deviation 0.92

Skew 0.66

Kurtosis -0.16