Caol Ila reviews

Caol Ila (pronounced 'Cull Ee-la), is a remote Scottish distillery, situated in a quiet wooded bay on Islay near Port Askaig that has produced great whisky for 160 years. Its whiskies tend to be lighter…

Nose: Light , fresh , coastalTaste: Light , peaty , citrus with sea salt and black pepper , turning sweet with tingling smokeFinish: Lemon pepper zest returns , short to medium , smoke whafting, Crisp…

Let’s stay on Islay for a while and try three Caol Ila head-to-head. We’ll start with a young one: a 10 Year Old, bourbon barrel #309889, from the Austrian independent bottler Single Cask Collection…

This Caol Ila was distilled on 9th February 1982 (damn, I was a 12 year old school kid at the time!) and slept for 25 years on bourbon hogshead #741, to be bottled on 17th April 2007. Only 220 bottles…

The last Caol Ila this week is the oldest: 27 years. It was distilled in 1983 and bottled by QV.ID, a Belgian retailer, in 2010. It matured on a refill sherry cask. The color and viscosity are enticing…

Colour is very light gold with a touch of green. Nose is a touch sour before some aeration. Briny, slightest touch of peat right at the end. Fresh oak flavour, not highly charred at first taste. Smoky…

Just playing around with other raters' reviews.Appearance: Chardonnay with insane leg structure created by a swirl. Nose: Baked cinnamon pears, lemon pound cake, lots of spiced orange peel. Sort of like…

Caol Ila Moch (43%, OB 2010)Nose: fresh and youngish. Mildly smoky with a sweet, candied profile. Lemon zest and lemon pie. Ginger lemonade. Hints of lemongrass. Coastal notes as well. Pleasantly harm…

Nose: A succulent toffee-mint to accompany lemons and cherries burning on hot coals. Crushed peanuts are sprinkled over melting perfumed wax, before a confectionary fire-blanket of apple-pie, chocolate…

We tried this at the 2011 Feis Ile and bought a bagful of bottles, one of which we dropped as soon as we got home. Damn! Still, it means we had to drink the remains. Damn!!Nose: Like a peaty lemsip,…