Caol Ila Distillery
ABV 46%
Very good, but better without water. Is Caol Ila the most consistent distillery ever? So many indies, so few duff drams.
Arthur Motley
The Queen of the Moorlands
Caol Ila
Brand
Aged 10 Years, Rare Cask
Expression
Single Malt
Type
10
Age (Years)
46%
ABV
Islay
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Lime, vanilla ice cream flecked with peat. Cold salty butter. With water there is stable hay, peat-flavoured Shredded Wheat.
Palate: Pleasant buttery texture and a good balance between sweet and savoury barbecue character.
Finish: Coal tar.
Comment: Very good, but better without water. Is Caol Ila the most consistent distillery ever? So many indies, so few duff drams.
Score: 8
Taster
Nose: Clean. Fresh. Pine resin notes complement a drying, adolescent, acetic background. Icing sugar.
Palate: Woody. Faintly astringent. Fresh. New sawdust. Citrus and pine resin.
Finish: Medium. Again, piney, but with a faint trace of peppermint.
Comment: Nice interplay of youthful flavours. Puts me in mind of a popular late 1980s aftershave. (Good pairing for a Cohiba Robusto).
Score: 8.5
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