Kilchoman Sanaig

It’s so good when you bet on a bottle and is rewarded with a flavorfull whisky! I just love to be positively surprised with a bottle like this one! A few months ago I bought a Kilchoman Machir Bay that is a floral peated whisky. I heard great things about the Sanaig, so I bought one. What a great surprise to have a bottle with such a different experience with a fruit forward peated one! I was just amazed by the amount of aromas and flavors! On the nose, I immediately smelt plum and caramel toffee and then briny notes, like a beef broth with thyme. Then on the palate I got also vanilla and raisin combined eith leather and cigar box. But the experience and the strength of the flavors were significant! It was an absolute blast! This will become a regular bottle now in my collection. Wonderful whisky! Slainte Mha!

Color caramelo opaco natural. En nariz intenso aroma. Licoroso con buena presencia de vino generoso, seco. Damasco, castañas de caju. Caramelo. Se siente a pesar de esto la turba, muy amaderada, mucho humo. Combinación rara pero muy bien lograda. En boca leña quemada. Chocolate amargo. Franco pero tornando aciruelado. Al principio impacta el humo pero uno se acostumbra rápido, quedando el picante de esta nota. Gran cuerpo que casi se puede masticar. En garganta muy suave. Final corto. Con el tiempo va resaltando la nota licorosa por un oporto. Muy interesante para probar algo nuevo y muy bien logrado, pero demasiado particular para tenerlo como un whisky de cabecera. Maridado con un habano de intensidad media resaltan notas maltosas y florales como jazmín, equilibrándose.

NEAT NOSE - Campfire Ash and Dried Fruits. The peat is present throughout but not overpowering, allowing the influence of the sherry to shine through without much resistance. PALATE - Initially, I don’t get any peat at all. This is best described as Dried Fruits lightly drizzled with honey placed over a campfire for a brief amount of time. FINISH - Campfire ash. When that goes away, remnants of the dried fruits remain and linger around. BUY? - Absolutely. BUY AGAIN? - Yes. It might be young but it’s a great product from a Farm to Bottle craft distillery and I love supporting craft, especially when they take chances experimenting with casks.

A great and fun ride through smoked pork, cinnamon spice, wet grass, ash, bacon, nutmeg, ending with some burnt sugar, maple syrup, coastal salt, barnyard hay, damp earth, a hint of wet wool and lovely wafts of campfire smoke. Kilchoman always does a great job. And while this is clearly a younger whisky, 4-6 years if I had to guess, it’s built in a fun and accessible way. The nose starts farmy, sweet, and bacon smoke. Not sharp at all for its young age. And palate oily to carry the flavors. While definitely not a perfect whisky, I don’t think it’s trying to, it’s going for bold, fun, affordable, and delicious. And it hits it on the head.

Kilchoman Sanaig 2014 A delicate, Single Malt Scotch Whisky by Anthony Wills for Kilchoman Distillery in Islay, Scotland aged 50% in ex-Bourbon casks & 50% in Oloroso Sherry casks. It has an aromatic birth with notes of cut grapes, pineapple, dried fruit, espresso & peat; while a creamy & fresh life adds notes of malted barley, vanilla, stone fruit, figs, raisin, white pepper & white chocolate; that led to a long & smooth death with notes of rancio, peat smoke & salt spray. 'It tastes like eating dark chocolate-covered raisins next to a campfire on the beach.' April / August / September 2019

Nose : Sweet sherry, cherry candy, barbecue ribs, oak Palate : sherry, oak, spice, smoke Conclusion : Much prefer this to the Machir Bay, this expression is great. Sweet sherry and smoke. Not as peaty as i expected but very good. If you enjoy peat and sherry you will love this bottle.