Caol Ila Distillery
ABV: 54.2%
Age: 13 Years Old
Year Bottled: 2005
Style: Single Malt
Country: Scotland
Region: Islay
Bottling: The Whisky Fair
Overall
Score
8.6
Nose
Highly smoked: smoked ham, fat, the tar on the wooden walls of a smokehouse, but then the door is opened to let in a grassy fragrance. Goes very cloudy with water, then some coal tar.
Palate
Fragrant and floral (violet) then a blast of tarry rope. Good balance.
Finish
Lingering smoke.
Comment
The key, as ever is balance '
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