Two new Kilchoman single cask bottlings for Italy presented at Kilchoman Day Milan 2024
KILCHOMAN DAY 2024 took place on Saturday 5 October at Palazzo Giureconsulti in Piazza del Duomo, Milan. Visitors to the event, which was dedicated entirely to the Kilchoman distillery, were able to purchase and taste Kilchoman limited editions, old bottlings, the ‘core range’ and the distillery’s new releases.
Giuseppe Gervasio Dolci and Andrea Giannone, the founders of the Milano Whisky Festival in 2006, chose a special Kilchoman single cask for Kilchoman Day. This is a 100% Islay whisky that matured for 9 years in an ex-Bourbon barrel before being bottled on 5 August 2024 at 56.7% alcohol.
On Kilchoman Day, visitors were also able to taste a second new single cask bottling for Italy. With a port wine finish, the ‘Italian Cities’ series, which started in 2023, was continued. The second edition of the series, dedicated to the city of Rome, features two symbols of Rome on the label: the Colosseum and St. Peter’s Basilica. The whisky first matured for 5 years in an ex-Bourbon barrel and was then finished for almost 3 years in a port wine cask. It stands out due to its unusually dark, almost black colour. The taste then also makes it clear that the almost three years of finishing in a port wine cask were too long in this case. Woody and bitter notes dominate this whisky. That is why such overloaded casks at Kilchoman are normally transferred to other, less active casks in order to ‘save’ the whisky. However, the Italian importer obviously wanted a bottling with such a special character.
Both bottlings can be ordered online from Whiskyshop.it.
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Here is an overview of the two bottlings:
100% Islay Bourbon Matured Single Cask for Kilchoman Day 2024
Cask No.: 563/2015
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel
Date Filled: 4.8.2015
Date Bottled: 5.8.2024
Age: 9 yo
Strength: 56,7 % abv
Level of Phenols in malted barley: approx. 20 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Number of bottles: 241
Bottle code: SC 5/08/24 563/15
Barcode: 5 060210 707972
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Port Single Cask Finish – Italian Cities: Rome
Cask No.: 927/2016
Cask type: Ex-Bourbon Barrel, Port Cask Finish
Date Filled: 19.10.2016
Date Bottled: 10.7.2024
Age: 7 yo
Strength: 54,9 % abv
Level of Phenols in malted barley: 50 ppm
Bottle volume: 0,7 l
Number of bottles: 267
Bottle code: SC 10/07/24 927/16
Barcode: 5 060210 707965
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