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29th April 2013 |
Loch Gorm a
new limited edition from Kilchoman.
 Islay’s independent farm distillery,
Kilchoman, has added a new whisky to its
award winning Islay Single Malt Scotch
Whisky range, Loch Gorm.
Named after the famously peaty loch near
the distillery, the Kilchoman Loch Gorm
is the name for what will be an ongoing series of sherry cask matured
whisky from Kilchoman.
This first release of
Kilchoman Loch Gorm in the series is a 5 year old
whisky which has been matured in Oloroso sherry butts
and finished in Oloroso sherry hogsheads
for a further six weeks. This new
expression adds a new dimension to Kilchoman’s portfolio of whisky,
bringing depth of colour and fresh
character to the Islay Single Malt.
Bottled at 46% ABV, non chill-filtered
and with no added colouring, just as we
like it.
The ongoing Loch Gorm series will be the only
sherry cask matured release from Kilchoman and having tasted it I predict
this will be a very popular expression
when it comes of age and with only
10,000 bottles of the inaugural 5 year
old bottling available worldwide which
is not a lot for each country so it is expected to sell quickly.
Anthony Wills, Managing Director of
Kilchoman, said: "Over the years we have
released a limited number of
sherry-matured Kilchoman bottlings, all
of which proved very popular with our
customers. Loch Gorm shows wonderful
balance between the peat smoke and spicy
rich flavours, typical of sherry cask
maturation."
As with the two other series of whiskies in Kilchoman’s portfolio, Machir Bay and
100% Islay, a new bottling of Loch Gorm
will be periodically released as the
whisky matures, with each bottling
differentiated by distillation and
bottling years printed on the label.
Founded in 2005, Kilchoman is one of the
smallest distilleries in Scotland and
the first distillery to be built on
Islay for 125 years. A working farm
distillery, it is one of only a handful
of distilleries still practicing floor
malting. Kilchoman also grows its own
barley, and completes all parts of the
production process, from barley to
bottling on the island.
Kilchoman Loch Gorm is now
available from
The Whisky Exchange, priced at £56.95
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Kilchoman Loch Gorm
Tasting Notes
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William
Morrison's Tasting Notes:
Colour: A deep natural copper
colour from the sherry casks, no fake
tans here.
Nose: Lovely enticing light medicinal peat
smoke, some toffee and attractive rich
grape and touch of spice.
Taste: Initially mild burnt
medicinal earthy peat smoke coated in a
sweet rich
sherry fruitiness then the youthful oaky
spiciness. Still a bit of feinty
character in there.
Finish: A long finish. Mild peat smoke and mildly
drying sweet sherry slowly fading leaving
a lovely lingering youthful oaky
spiciness.
Comment: This is the latest
limited release on Kilchoman's road to
maturity, it is still a little young
with some feinty character
as you would expect at 5 years old but
it is a very promising
indication of the quality we can hope to
see in the
future. Even at this young age the
well balanced Kilchoman peat and the sherry make very
compatible bed fellows and I would guess
that in another 5 years or so the likes
of Ardbeg Uigeadail and Lagavulin
Distillers Edition will have a very
serious competitor for your money. I
wonder how much of the the whisky
produced at Kilchoman is maturing in
sherry butts, a good percentage I hope.
When Kilchoman whisky does come of age
in the not too distant future and if it
is as popular as I think it will be a
bottle of this first release of Loch
Gorm just may be considered quite
collectable, if not you have nothing to
lose as it is a cracking young peaty
sherried Islay whisky so you could just
simply drink it.
Hopefully I will be adding at least
another 5 points to this score in a few
years time!
SMW Score 87/100
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