Caol Ila Distillery
ABV: 57.2%
Age: 26 Years Old
Year Bottled: 2005
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Overall
Score
8.3
Nose
Tropical fruit flavoured Germolene. Artificial strawberry flavour. Yacht varnish. A sweet floral note too. With water, cigarette ash and horses. Lemon and mothballs.
Palate
Antiseptic, ropey, then leathery. Some fruitiness tucked in somewhere.
Finish
Salted cashews rolled in cigarette ash.
Comment
Should have been taken out of the cask a few years back. Easy to say now of course.
Caol Ila Distillery
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