Caol Ila 1996 IM Chieftain's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | Chieftain's Choice |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 745 - 47 |
| Bottles Released | 1320 |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
extremely close to the Cadenhead’s in style, only a little more austere and flinty at first nosing, and then a little farmier (cow stable). Once again, there’s a lot of lemon and porridge, and no real peat blast when at cask strength. With water: it’s now that this one really overtakes the Cadenhead and the others, as it gets crisper, cleaner, smokier and simply peatier. Nice farmy notes (wet sheep, hay.) Okay, not a revelation but it’s a nice Ardbeg
restaurant Palate
once again, we’re close to the Cadenhead’s but this one is rather more expressive, sort of better composed, with the holy trinity well in place (peat, lemon, pepper). Good balance despite the relative ‘brutality’. With water: once again, this is flawless and most quaffable at roughly 45% vol. Good stuff, reminding me a bit of the Airigh Nam Beist (I got the name correct, didn’t I!!)
timer Finish
long, clean, with just enough of all worthy Arbbeggian ingredients (no need to list them)
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