Kilchoman Sanaig

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The more sherried of Kilchoman's two core releases: about 70% Oloroso sherry casks and 30% bourbon barrels, layering dried fruit and spice over peat smoke.

Peated

Details

Brand	Kilchoman
Distillery	Kilchoman
Origin	Scotland / Islay
Style	Single Malt
Age	NAS
ABV	46%
Cask	Oloroso sherry casks and bourbon barrels

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Peat smoke with raisins, plums and other dried fruit, plus citrus sweetness.
Palate: Sherry-cask dried fruit and spice with Kilchoman's citrus sweetness and smoke.
Finish: Warm, with smoke and spice lingering.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
With water
Highball

Take it neat to enjoy how smoke and sherry sweetness overlap; a few drops of water bring out the fruit. As a highball, dried-fruit sweetness shows behind the smoke.

Food pairing

Smoked meats, bacon, blue cheese or dark chocolate — bold flavours that can stand up to the smoke.

Background & production

A single malt from Kilchoman, the farm distillery in north-west Islay. Founded in 2005, the family-run distillery handles everything from malting to bottling on the island.

Sanaig is named after an inlet on Islay's Atlantic coast. Part of the core range alongside Machir Bay since 2014, it is a vatting of roughly 70% Oloroso sherry cask and 30% bourbon barrel matured spirit.

Made from barley peated to 50ppm, it is a heavily peated Islay malt, bottled without an age statement at 46% ABV.