Kilchoman Exclusive Selection No. 2 [2021] (Small Batch Release for Le comptoir Irlandais, France)

Cask types: 70 % Bourbon Barrels / 5 % Oloroso Sherry Cask / 25 % Sauternes Hogshead

Age: NAS

Date Bottled: 9.6.2021

Strength: 47,2 % abv

Level of phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 1.800

Bottle volume: 0,7 l

Bottle code: SBF 09.06.21 21/111

GTIN: 5 060210 704681

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 around 5 years mainly in bourbon casks and 5-15% in Oloroso sherry casks. This vatting was then married with an additional special cask.

The “Exclusive Selection No. 2” listed here was actually number 3 in the series for the French retail chain Le comptoir Irlandais. An “Exclusive Selection No. 2” had already appeared in 2020, but according to Peter Wills, it is not a typing error, but rather Le comptoir Irlandais wanted it that way, for whatever reason. In any case, it often leads to confusion among whisky drinkers and collectors.

The additional cask this time is a Sauternes Hogshead. The proportions of the individual casks in the vatting are given as 70 % Bourbon, 5 % Oloroso Sherry and 25 % Sauternes.

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