Queen of the Moorlands Caol Ila 10 Years Old, Rare Cask

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 54 by Arthur Motley and Owen Barstow.

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Tasting Notes

Arthur Motley Nose Lime, vanilla ice cream flecked with peat. Cold salty butter. With water there is stable hay, peat-flavoured Shredded Wheat. Palate Pleasant buttery texture and a good balance between sweet and savoury barbecue character. Finish Coal tar. Comment Very good, but better without water. Is Caol Ila the most consistent distillery ever? So many indies, so few duff drams.

Owen Barstow Nose Clean. Fresh. Pine resin notes complement a drying, adolescent, acetic background. Icing sugar. Palate Woody. Faintly astringent. Fresh. New sawdust. Citrus and pine resin. Finish Medium. Again, piney, but with a faint trace of peppermint. Comment Nice interplay of youthful flavours. Puts me in mind of a popular late 1980s aftershave. (Good pairing for a Cohiba Robusto).