Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 61.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
very spirity, aggressive, wit whiffs of cologne and a lot of oak/plank behind that. Not much else, this one probably needs water. With water: indeed! It really opens up, getting rather superbly smoky, farmy and coastal. Osyters, fresh almonds, wet stones, wet hay, garden bonfire, ‘wet grass smoke’… Classical. More and more fresh almonds and seashells (clams spring to mind – so to speak). Also patchouli and eucalyptus… Oh, and linseed oil and even turpentine… A very long development, don’t rush this one!
restaurant Palate
much, much more to my liking than on the nose when neat, starting unusually medicinal for a Caol Ila. Big notes of cough medicine, something antiseptic, a lot of iodine/salt, then ‘just like when we licked rocks when we were kids’ (to each his own). Gets then peatier and a tad aggressive again, time to add water. With water: perfect. Liquorice, salt and vanilla, and myriads of tiny nutty/coastal notes that we won’t list here, do not worry
timer Finish
very long, dry, coastal and a tad resinous now. Leaves you mouth as clean as a baby’s
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