Kilchoman Cognac Cask Matured 2023 Edition

Kilchoman released its first Cognac Cask Matured Limited Edition at the beginning of May 2023.

For this first Kilchoman Cognac cask full-maturation in a larger edition (before that there had only been a five-year old single cask bottling by Kilchoman’s French importer LMDW), Kilchoman founder Anthony Wills and production director Robin Bignal selected 32 Cognac casks from the distillery’s stocks that were at least 6 years old and had been obtained from Tonnellerie Bossuet. The vatting of these 32 casks, diluted down to 50%, yielded a total of 15,100 bottles.

Anthony Wills wrote about it:
“The limited-edition cask exploration editions allow us to experiment with our spirit here at Kilchoman. The Cognac casks selected for this 2023 release permit our fruit-driven, citrus spirit style to balance with that of the Cognac oak. There is a delicate balance to be found when working with Cognac casks; keeping the age of this release at a minimum of six years old ensures the flavours from the spirit and the cask are easily detected, neither dominates.” 

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Cask type: Cognac Casks

Date Filled: 2016

Date Bottled: 04/2023

Age: 6 yo

Strength: 50,0 % abv

Level of Phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm

Number of bottles: 15.100

Bottle volume: 0,7 l / 0,75 l

Bottle codes:
COG 13/4/23 23/42
COG 18/4/23 23/42

Barcode: 5 060210 706678

Distribution: worldwide

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