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In 2014, the Islay distillery Kilchoman released a single malt that was matured (not finished, but fully matured) in a Port cask, and that release received high marks in whisky circles. Now they are following up on that release with Kilchoman Port Cask Matured Single Malt 2018.
The 2018 edition is a vatting of thirty ruby Port hogsheads filled in 2014, yielding a total of 10,000 bottles at 50% abv bottling strength.
Anthony Willis, the founder of Kilchoman, said, “Historically our port and sherry matured releases have received a very positive response from the whisky community, I think the 2018 editions are probably the best versions of these expressions we’ve released to date so I’m excited to see the how these latest editions are received.”
Retail price in the U.S. is expected to be $125.
Coupled to the Kilchoman Port Cask Matured is a new batch of Kilchoman Loch Gorm, the periodic line of Sherry cask aged single malts started in 2012. The 2018 release of 15,000 bottles is made up of nineteen oloroso sherry butts filled in 2007, 2008 and 2011, containing some of the oldest sherry casks ever filled at Kilchoman. This whisky will retail at $110 and is bottled at 46% ABV.
