Caol Ila Distillery
ABV: 45%
Age: No age statement Years Old
Year Bottled: 2005
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Overall
Score
7.2
Nose
Very plain and very rum-like. Good pungent Jamaican high ester lift, wet cane, pineapple. Lightly oily phenols. Lots of acetone.
Palate
This is all rum and a pretty decent rum at that. Water shows light smoke but it is all to do with wet cane, molasses and punchiness.
Finish
Finally some smoke. Slightly medicinal.
Comment
This is a great drink but seems more like a whisky finished rum than the other way around, so have marked it accordingly.
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