Kilchoman Exclusive Selection No. 1 (Small Batch Release for Le comptoir Irlandais, France)

Cask type: 85 % Bourbon Barrels / 15 % Oloroso Sherry Casks

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 4.9.2019

Strength: 46,8 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 900

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: SBR 04.09.19 19/121

GTIN: 5 060210 702151

Market: France

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With the series of Small Batch Releases for Selected Markets, launched in 2019, renamed ‘Triskele Casks’ in 2023 and discontinued at the end of 2023, Kilchoman showcased its experimental side. Each individual batch was created specifically for individual export markets and demonstrated the influence of different cask types on the maturation of Kilchoman whisky.

The basis of each bottling was an already finished Machir Bay vatting or Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting, i.e. a whisky with 46% alcohol strength, which had previously been matured for 3-5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

For the Exclusive Selection No. 1 the additional cask is as in the Sweden Small Batch No. 1 a bit unorthodox, but still consequent concerning the whole series, an Oloroso Sherry-Hogshead. The result is 85% Bourbon, and 15% Sherry.

The first three Small Batch Releases for the French market appeared under the name “Exclusive Selection” from 2019 to 2021. Apart from the French designation, they differ from the other worldwide Small Batch Releases primarily in that they were not released by the national importer (in France, that would be La Maison du Whisky, which did not release the first Small Batches until 2022) but by a single retail chain, namely Le comptoir Irlandais. Incidentally, the name Le comptoir Irlandais is not indicated on the bottles or the packaging.