PX Finished Single Cask 450/2011 for Sweden released

After the Swedish Kilchoman importer Enjoy Wine & Spirits had announced the release of a new Kilchoman single cask bottling for Sweden in a press release two days ago, it proudly reported today, 27 October 2016 – the day of the official launch – that the bottling had sold out in no time at all.

This bottling is a Pedro Ximénez Sherry Finish, meaning the whisky was initially matured for four and a half years in an ex-bourbon barrel and then finished for five months in a PX sherry hogshead.

The single cask release went on sale today at 10.00 am for 999 SEK as part of the temporary assortment at Systembolaget, the state-owned company that holds the monopoly on the retail sale of alcoholic drinks in Sweden, and, as mentioned, sold out in seconds.

Peter Kokovic, Business Area Manager at Enjoy Wine & Spirits wrote: “When I first tasted a cask sample of this release, I said straight away, ‘We simply have to launch this in Sweden.’ A few weeks later, and following some persuasion, we managed to convince Kilchoman that Sweden was the right market to receive the entire allocation of this cask.”

Incidentally, Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills has been on a mini promotional tour of Sweden for the past few days, together with Peter Kokovic from Enjoy Wine & Spirits – who organised the release mentioned above – to hold whisky tastings for local whisky clubs. Together, they have already visited Nyköping and Söderköping, and the tour will conclude today in Mjölby.

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Cask No.: 450/2011

Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, PX Sherry Cask Finish

Date Filled: 4.8.2011

Date Decanted: 16.3. 2016

Date Bottled: 15.8.2016

Age: 5 yo

Finishing period: 5 months

Strength: 57,2% abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 261

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Market: Sweden

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