Caol Ila 25-year-old Diageo Special Releases 2004

restaurant Palate

ah, this is much better and bolder, but it’s too strong to be sipped naked (the whisky). A few drops of water make the nose much more mineral, on wet stone and chalk. The mouth gets fruitier, with a salty tang, but the peat sort of vanishes. Anyway, I feel it has much more to say so I’ll try it again in solo – and not after one of these egocentric Broras ;-) … 89 points for this new Caol Ila (conservatory rating ;-)