{"id":2031998,"date":"2019-12-16T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2019\/12\/16\/kilchoman-farmhouse-whisky-from-islay\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:07:48","slug":"kilchoman-farmhouse-whisky-from-islay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2019\/12\/16\/kilchoman-farmhouse-whisky-from-islay\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilchoman, farmhouse whisky from Islay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAY&#8217;S FARM DISTILLERY<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2005, Kilchoman is the first distillery to be built on Islay in over a century. Cradled by the sea spray of Machir Bay beach, its first single malt saw the light of day in September 2009.<br \/>\nBuilt on the model of a 19th-century &#8220;farm distillery&#8221;, Kilchoman makes a point of handcrafting a peated malt with finely saline accents. The authenticity of a distillery that has quickly established its credentials in the peaty lands<br \/>\nof Islay.  <\/p>\n<p>Limited Editions 2019 :<\/p>\n<p>KILCHOMAN 100% Islay 9th Edition 50% (70cl)<br \/>\nKilchoman presents the 9th edition of its legendary 100% Islay, made entirely from the 2007 and 2009 harvests of its local barley grown around the distillery. This subtly peated single malt is 20 PPM, unlike the rest of the<br \/>\nKilchoman range, which is 50 PPM. A limited edition of 720 bottles for France, this 100% Islay was aged in 43 bourbon casks for 9 years before being bottled at 50%.<br \/>\nNose: lemon zest, brown sugar, ripe apricots, juniper berries, herbaceous notes.<br \/>\nTaste: lemon tart, vanilla, maple syrup, diffused smoke, iodized peat.<br \/>\nFinish: long, fresh and clean.<br \/>\nNotes of citrus and peat smoke.<br \/>\nRecommended retail price: \u20ac92.00  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/100%EF%BF%BD-Islay-2019-B_C-lo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"945\"\/><\/p>\n<p>KILCHOMAN 2010 Vintage 48% (70cl).<br \/>\nThis 9-year-old Kilchoman Vintage 2010 is blended from 42 200-litre bourbon casks and 3 500-litre Oloroso Sherry casks. A Vintage with character, combining the zesty fruitiness typical of Kilchoman with a particularly dense<br \/>\npeat at 50 PPM with saline and brushfire accents. Limited edition of 720 bottles for France, this single malt has been bottled at 48%.<br \/>\nNose: lemon zest, buttered brioche, sweet spices, wood fire, diffuse smoke.<br \/>\nPalate: dried seaweed, wood fire, brown tobacco, banana, linseed oil.<br \/>\nFinish: dried apricots, vanilla bean, peat, round smoke.<br \/>\nRecommended retail price: \u20ac93.00  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010.png 787w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010-768x922.png 768w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010-600x720.png 600w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/55966-KILCHOMAN-2010-585x702.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The must-have :<\/p>\n<p>KILCHOMAN Machir Bay 46% (70cl)<br \/>\nAn iconic version of Kilchoman, Machir Bay, before it was a whisky, is the name of a picturesque beach just a short walk from the distillery on the island of Islay. This single malt is a blend of whiskies aged 90% in first-fill ex-bourbon casks and 10% in Oloroso sherry casks.<br \/>\nStyle: Smoky and elegant.<br \/>\nNose: Smooth and harmonious. Cooked fruit. Peat aroma.<br \/>\nPalate: Full-bodied. Notes of fruit and vanilla.<br \/>\nFinish: Long and persistent, with notes typical of Islay whiskies.<br \/>\nRecommended retail price: \u20ac59.90    <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-333470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/17442-KILCHOMAN-Machir-Bay-e%CC%81tui-853x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAY&#8217;S FARM DISTILLERY Founded in 2005, Kilchoman is the first distillery to be built on Islay in over a century. 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