Caol Ila Distillery
ABV: 50%
Age: No age statement Years Old
Year Bottled: 2017
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Overall
Score
8.3
Nose
Unusual afternoon tea: just-baked scones, candied orange peel and oat cakes with goat's cheese and quince paste. First aid kits.
Palate
A silky, oily texture allows the smoke in this to sneak up slowly. Vanilla panna cotta and Victoria sponge precedes charcoal and antiseptic. Interesting seaweed and dry-hopped beer, alongside fennel-studded saucisson.
Finish
Long. Salty cheese, peppery tingle.
Comment
Sweet and smoky Islay with pleasing development. My kind of complexity.
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