Kilchoman Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting selected by Total Wine & More (5% Sherry – NJ)

Cask type: Bourbon Barrels (95 %), Oloroso Sherry Casks (5 %)

Age: NAS

Bottling Date: 2022

Strength: 46,0 % abv

Phenol level: 50 ppm

Bottle volume: 0,75 l

Number of bottles: 360

Market: USA

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Since the end of 2018, Kilchoman has been offering local whisky retailers under the name “Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting” a product line for individualised bottlings of the Kilchoman standard whisky.

The normal Machir Bay bottlings are known to have an Oloroso sherry cask content of about 10%, but with Collaborative Vatting, the respective dealer can choose between four different variants with slightly different proportions: 5%, 7.5%, 12.5% and 15% sherry cask whisky. The boxes and bottles in the normal Machir Bay design are provided with an individual sticker of the retailer.

Total Wine & More describes itself as “America’s Wine Superstore”. Founded in 1991, the company is the largest independent supermarket chain for wine, spirits and beer, with 46 superstores in 27 US states.

Total Wine & More is also very active as a Kilchoman reseller. In addition to a single cask bottling, they released two exclusive Kilchoman Small Batch Releases and some of their superstores also participated in the Machir Bay Collaborative Vatting program. The bottling listed here with 5% sherry had already been bottled in 2022, but then appeared a little late in superstores in New Jersey until February 2023 (followed by another bottling for New Jersey with 7.5% sherry at the end of August 2023).

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