Caol Ila 2009 CSJS The National Choice

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	CS James & Sons Ltd (CSJS)
Bottling Series	The National Choice
Vintage	2009
Bottled Year	2020
Age	11년
Cask Type	Refill Sherry Hogshead
Cask Number	308675
Bottles Released	286
ABV	57.9%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Sweet

Oaky

Fruity

Vanilla

Maritime

Honey

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Creamy

Chocolate

Herbal

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Tasting Notes

Colour

white wine

air Nose

a slightly lighter and breezier style. Lots of fresh sea air, crab sticks, wet beach pebbles, gorse, starched linens, bath salts and things like chalk, putty and antiseptic on gauze. Pristine, pure, almost irritatingly consistent Caol Ila. With water: deeper and sootier, more things like rope, puffer smoke, anchovies and a little kelp

restaurant Palate

lemon juice, sheep wool oils, mineral oil, pink sea salt and kippers drizzled in brine and lemon juice. Oysters, ink, seawater… you get the picture. It’s basically one of these rather narrow Caol Ilas that displays an extremely pure and chiselled profile focussed on coastal and seashore aspects but with a quieter peat smoke influence. If I put on my ‘Serge Valentin moustache’ for a moment I’d probably say ‘millimetric!’. With water: creosote, black pepper, smoked teas with lemon, pasta water, smoked herbs and more medical things like gauze and TCP

timer Finish

long, more powerfully smoky, tarry, salty, peppery and with iodine and pure seawater again

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