Cognac & Fino Sherry Cask Matured Limited Editions released

Kilchoman Distillery today announced the release of two new limited cask expressions: the first Cognac Cask Matured and the second Fino Sherry Cask Matured Release.

The casks for both small batch vattings were selected by Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production director Robin Bignal and bottled in March.

For the first Cognac Cask Matured Limited Edition (until now, there had only been a five-year-old cognac single cask bottling by the French Kilchoman importer LMDW), these were 32 Cognac casks from Tonnellerie Bossuet. The selected casks are at least six years old. Vatting and diluting these 32 casks down to 50% abv resulted in a yield of 15,100 bottles.

Anthony Wills wrote about it:
“The limited-edition cask exploration editions allow us to experiment with our spirit here at Kilchoman. The Cognac casks selected for this 2023 release permit our fruit-driven, citrus spirit style to balance with that of the Cognac oak. There is a delicate balance to be found when working with Cognac casks; keeping the age of this release at a minimum of six years old ensures the flavours from the spirit and the cask are easily detected, neither dominates.” 

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The second Fino Sherry Cask Matured Release after 2020 is a vatting of 20 Fino Sherry casks from the Bodega José y Miguel Martín, from which Kilchoman obtains all its sherry casks. The casks were at least 5 years old at the time of bottling, the yield was 15,650 bottles with an alcohol content of 50% abv.

Anthony Wills wrote about this:
“The Fino Sherry maturation works incredibly well with our classic Kilchoman character. The 2023 release elevates the fragrant green apple, stewed fruits and sweet citrus while allowing for the unmistakeable Kilchoman peat smoke to linger on the palate. Fino is another example of sherry casks working together, not against, our Kilchoman spirit.”

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Cognac Cask Matured 2023 Edition

Cask type: Cognac Casks

Casks Filled: 2016

Bottled: 03/2023

Age: 6 yo

Strength: 50,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 15.100

Bottle volume: 0,7 l / 0,75 l

Barcode: 5 060210 706678

Distribution: worldwide

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Fino Sherry Cask Matured 2023 Edition

Cask type: Fino Sherry Butts

Casks Filled: 2018

Bottled: 03/2023

Age: 5 yo

Strength: 50,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 15.650

Bottle volume: 0,7 l / 0,75 l

Barcode: 5 060210 706685

Distribution: worldwide

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