Caol Ila 2011 vW The Ultimate

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	van Wees (vW)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	2011
Bottled Year	2019
Age	9년
Cask Type	Bourbon Barrel
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Oaky

Sweet

Maritime

Vanilla

Creamy

Honey

Fruity

Spicy

Floral

Citrus

Dried Fruit

Herbal

Chocolate

Nutty

Tasting Notes

Colour

white wine

air Nose

rather rounder than the Orcines, while that would be the rechar part of the process. Having said that, no Caolilaness was lost, on the contrary, there's more brine and ashes than in a blend of brine and ashes. Whiffs of Ikea wood too, plywood, paint thinner, something oh-so slightly bacterial… Did they dechar/rechar some Hampden casks? …

restaurant Palate

my how good is this? It is a more resinous Caol Ila, with notes of pencil eraser, surely bacon, gum Arabic, smoked salmon… Excellent. It just goes down too well at 46%. I'm sure people would drink less when everything would be bottled at 60% vol. or more!

timer Finish

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera

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