Tasting Notes:
Kilchoman Madeira Cask Matured
Style: Sweet and Smooth
Nose:
Grind black pepper over toffee and fruit cake. Honey, chocolate and sugar plums with a touch of acidity. Briny peat smoke swiftly follows but in a rather modest fashion. Nice balance of sweetness, mellow spice.
Palate:
Juicy ruby grapes sails through on the forefront. Again the sweetness is pleasantly weighted. Silky chocolate with a light sip of smoky water. Sultanas with an oily texture, going slightly soapy. More peat undertone unwraps at the back.
Finish:
Extra sultanas as malt vaguely visible on the horizon. A slight hint of smoke and dryness towards the end.
Thoughts:
My quick impression on this is the integration of flavours is excellent – another sipper in my opinion. Nice sweetness and quite smooth that I did not feel it is a 50% abv. Although I feel the smoky signature of Kilchoman is slightly subdued when compared to the others, if you have a sweet tooth but testing water with peaty, smoky whiskies, I think this is a new alternative malt you can try.
[50% • 2015 • Original Bottling • Non Chill Filtered • Non Coloured • Aged 3 to 5 Years]
-Esmond
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