Description
Kilchoman Distillery was established in 2005 and is true to Islay’s rich farm distilling heritage.
The distillery uses local peat cut in the traditional way, slowly distilling all spirits by hand, allowing maturation to occure in traditional dunnage warehouses, and bottling on site without any colouring or chill-filtration.
Named after a famously dark and peaty loch overlooked by the distillery, Loch Gorm is a sherry cask single malt matured exclusively in oloroso casks, extracting the rich spicy character of the European oak as it ages in Kilchoman’s Islay warehouses.
This is the 2022 release featuring whisky from a parcel of 22 Oloroso sherry butts from as young as 8 to as old as 14 years old.
Loch Gorm is exclusively matured in oloroso sherry casks from the renowned bodega, Jose Miguel Martin.
It is common for distilleries to use a variety of sherry producers but for our consistent quality and character, it is vital that we source them all from just one bodega.
We select a combination of sherry butts and hogsheads from Jose Miguel Martin that provides two separate styles of maturation.
Intense sweet pipe smoke, followed by waves of freshly cut strawberries and candied lemon peel.
Lighter notes of Neroli (orange blossoms), soft toffee and cloves.
An initial note of dark chocolate and toasted walnuts, gentle tobacco smokiness, hints of caramel and dates accompanied by subtle warming peat smoke.
Long and evolving with cinnamon and liquorice wood, chocolate bitters and lingering earthy smoke.
The Finer Details Style – Scotch Whisky Country – Scotland Region – Islay Bottle Size – 700ml ABV – 46%
