Kilchoman 100% Islay 5th Edition

Tasting Notes by Stuart P

• Nose

  Clean, with lemon peel and soft, fragrant pear notes at first, followed by a sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper, ground almonds, subtle smoke and a pleasant candle-wax aroma. Water brings down the pepper but ramps up the fruitiness.

• Palate

  The freshness remains, and there’s a lovely balance to this whisky – the soft fruit is bolstered by the peat and smoke, not swamped by them. Everything is in its place: the refreshing lemon, the seductive fruitiness and the snap of pepper and peat.

• Finish

  Lively and long, with the peat and pepper lingering.

• Comment

  Elegant and understated, this is a beautifully balanced and clean-tasting dram that doesn’t feel the need to shout.