Caol Ila Distillery
ABV: 54.2%
Age: 11 Years Old
Year Bottled: 2019
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Bottling: Abbey Whisky
Overall
Score
7.7
Nose
Shy. There’s curious peat smoke, some heather and what promises to be orchard fruit later on.
Palate
Far sweeter than the nose suggests, all icing sugar and lemon sherbets at first, before a sweet wood smoke wafts gently through. It all remains rather creamy and timid until the finish…
Finish
… when things become strangely spicy and dry with that lingering smoke.
Comment
A great number to share among friends, although it could benefit from a little longer in cask.
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