The still-young Kilchoman distillery, located on whisky lovers’ favorite Scottish island, Islay, regularly makes use of different types of ex-wine casks in its maturation warehouses. In recent years, this has included Madeira and Sauternes barrels, and this year they’ve turned to red wine from Portugal.
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READ THE STORYThe new Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured, according to those behind it, is a 50% ABV expression first distilled back in 2012. For its entire aging time of around five years it was laid down in ex-red wine casks from the Douro Valley in Portugal. The expression is said to be peated and non-chill filtered. It also has a natural, coppery red color as a result of the type of cask it rested in.
“We are delighted with the Red Wine Cask Matured,” said Anthony Wills, Kilchoman Founder, in a prepared statement. “It’s unlike anything we’ve bottled previously, the full-flavoured influence of the Douro valley red wine casks have added depth, body and layers of rounded cooked fruits to the classic Kilchoman citrus sweetness and peat smoke character.”
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Plans call for around 7,000 bottles of this to be released globally. It will price around £80, or about $105 USD. This release follows closely on the heels of an 8-year-old that lays claim to being the oldest Kilchoman globally available release to date.
