Caol Ila 2009 SMWS 53.332 Storm-tossed kelp on an Islay beach

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series	Storm-tossed kelp on an Islay beach
Vintage	2009
Bottled Year	2020
Age	11년
Cask Type	Refill Ex-Bourbon Hogshead
Cask Number	53.332
Bottles Released	308
ABV	58.8%
Volume	25 ml 700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

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Flavor Profile

Maritime

Smoky

Peaty

Sweet

Oaky

Fruity

Spicy

Citrus

Herbal

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Floral

Honey

Vanilla

Nutty

Tasting Notes

Colour

white wine

air Nose

quite closed at first but you do get these rather specific notes of hospital corridors and strong floor cleaner. Caustic soda, chalk, wet hessian and mineral salts. Probably needs water: shakes its head with water and there's now this nice cluttered minerality. A big, jangly, wind-raked seashore. Lots of dried seaweed, seashells, sheep wool and pure seawater. Excellent but you have to like them extremely pure and - as Serge would say - 'millimetric'

restaurant Palate

there's a lovely sense of concentration at first. Like syrupy peat, olive oil and natural tar with TCP, ointments, lemon juice and salt cured white fish. A total blade! With water: dustier, thicker, tarrier, more towards the farmyard but still with a firmly coastal aspect. Wet rope, white pepper, hessian, smoked olive oil and anchovy paste

timer Finish

long, briny, smoky, salty and fresh

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