Caol Ila 2005 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 14년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
rather carbolic and tarry, on embrocations and salty liquorice with TCP, bandages and ink. I also get wee notes of salt-cured fish and salted caramel adding a wee impression of sweetness. It all feels nicely balanced and rounded, they work well these refill sherry hoggies, I think. With water: a slightly heavier tarry profile now, angelica root, smoked sea salt, briny kippers and anchovy paste. Coastal stuff with tar, essentially
restaurant Palate
rich and rounded, sweet peat smoke, tar extracts, mineral salts, leather, camphor and putty. Pretty big and blustery stuff, but with some classier, earthier and sweeter elements courtesy of the sherry influence. With water: a little oilier, more on camphor, waxy hessian, bonfire embers and coal smoke. Still rather peppery and peaty!
timer Finish
long, full of sweet peat smoke, bandages, seawater, black olive bread and smoked dark ales
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