Caol Ila 2009 Caol Ila hand filled

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	Caol Ila hand filled
Vintage	2009
Bottled Year	2024
Age	15년
Cask Type	Heavily Charred
Cask Number	0000001
Bottles Released	-
ABV	54.4%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Sweet

Oaky

Vanilla

Creamy

Herbal

Fruity

Honey

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Citrus

Spicy

Floral

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

bright straw

air Nose

we're back to ashes, minerals, chalk and this rather nice impression of fruity bath salts. Also dried seaweed, umami seasonings, MSG powder and heather flowers. Simultaneously rather saline and powerfully coastal, but also nicely aromatic and showing a fair bit of complexity. With water: lemon juice, pink grapefruit, green olive, seawater and capers with some crushed parsley

restaurant Palate

lovely arrival! All on smoked honeys, sweet, lightly tarry and peppery peat smoke, herbal teas, preserved lemons, pickled gherkin and soft medicinal embrocations. It's both a lighter style Caol Ila, and one that displays a little more charisma than just ash and seawater. With water: lovely texture that feels like sipping smoked olive oil mixed with fresh lemon juice. You can also add ink, TCP, smoked mint, eucalyptus oils and a wee note of hessian

timer Finish

long, nicely salty, again on lemon juice, pickled green things (olives, capers etc) and mineral salts

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