Kilchoman Port Cask Matured

Cask type: 1st Fill Ruby Port Hogsheads
Vintage: 2011
Bottled: 2014
Age: 3 yo
Strength: 55 % abv
Phenol level: 50 ppm
Number of bottles: approx. 5500
Bottle size: 0,7 l / 0,75 l
Distribution: worldwide
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With the first Port wine release in 2014, Kilchoman began a series of annual limited wine barrel releases. Unlike its successors (Madeira, Sauternes), it had not yet been prepared by a club release the previous year.
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Colour: red-brown
Nose: medium peaty smoke notes which are quickly overlaid by fruity sweetness (red fruits, berries), wine tones
Taste: lots of red fruit, vinous sweetness, oily mouthfeel, but then also a rather distinctly typical Kilchoman peat smoke dryness
Finish: long, first sweet, then long lasting dryness, slightly astringent
Conclusion: absolutely delicious, one of the best Kilchoman releases on the market (HPN 2014)