Released in late 2015, this is the first Madeira Cask released by Kilchoman. Its a little younger than later Madeira releases and the nose is a bit harsh smoke with intense peat and raisins from the first fill madeira cask. The distillate and peat are more robust and are less overpowered by the cask than later releases, nice oily mouthfeel and luscious sweet fruit and nut dark chocolate bar notes on the palate.
Some lovely ocean spray and subtle smoke on the nose. More of the ocean than the fire on the nose at least. Sweet upfront and then a little prickly, but beautifully done. Apricot jam which reveals freshly cracked black pepper, that smoothens into cured meats and honey. This dram gives a charcuterie board alongside a cigar. A taster is well worthwhile as this has certainly moved me towards buying a bottle.
I've actually been wanting to taste this so I can make up my mind to buy a bottle. When I found your site and saw it had this I immediately bought some tasting samples and absolutely loved it! Will definitely invest in a bottle
Heard for a while how good Littlemill’s can be. This SMWS 30yo certainly did not disappoint, the nose on this dram was amazing.
It was a flavour packed palete, that certainly stood out as such a fine whisky.
Thanks again Horny Pony for providing some banging drams, with a great service throughout