Matured in a sherry butt. Bottled for FC Whisky which imports most, if not all the SC Kilchomans going to the danish market. I remember getting the rests in this bottle, after a tasting with John Maclellan, for a very small money, mind you, nothing wrong with that. I remember it as one of the most interesting bottlings there. The color is amber golden. It smells mildly peaty and minty, mint julep, after eight, leather, ashes, oaky, phenolic, licorice, kiwi, heather, rubber eraser, nice dry rubber notes. Seems to me this cask has worked fast and effective. The taste is immensely dry, peaty, reminds me instantly of older CS Lagavulins, even some drier versions of Laphroaig, its so coastal, salty, smoky, tarry, ashes, waxy, heather, phenols, smoked cod liver, tobacco, salty licorice, dark chocolate, buttery, just so rich, seems at least 4 times its real age. I remember one Laphroaig for a whisky shop in germany, in port wood a couple years ago which this one resembles very well. I gave that one 10points. Think it was Whisky & Cigars, the shop it was bottled for. The finish is on salty iodine, musty salty notes, garlic, saffron, longlasting. I wonder how many more 2006 Vintages like this there are left at Kilchoman.
Should this one've matured longer? I couldn't tell, but its pretty close to perfect in my opinion: 9.5
Next tasting: Fettercairn Distillery
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