Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength

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Caol Ila Natural Cask Strength

Category	Single Malt Whisky from
District	Islay
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottled	2008
Bottle Code	L8288CM000
Strength	61.6 % Vol.
Bottle size	700 ml
Availability
Price	± € 49.00 \| £ 41.87 \| $ 64.68

Added: 15 Nov. 2009 4:03 pm by hearts151

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Notes & Reviews

TheMue

posted 29 Jun. 2012

TheMue gave this whisky 89 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Strong, but balanced. Mostly lemon and peat with a bit cherry and salt.

Taste

Very strong and warm, with salt, pepper and dark chocolate (> 90%). Later grapefruit, a bit bitter, and smoke.

Finish

Warm and long lasting, somehow like a good cigar.

Comments

Interesting change with some drops of water. The nose changes to strawberries and smoke, the tast is a good 70% bittersweet chocolate with some salt and small notes of citrus fruits. The finish is still warm and long lasting and very balanced. Here definitely adding water improves the malt.

mmaclean

posted 11 Jan. 2012

"A superb, lemony, salty, coal-tar-soapy bonanza, Caol Ila Cask Strength
is a whisky capable of bringing joy to the most jaded peathead. We love
this."
TWE

Remember it\'s maturity that makes whisky great! That\'s why I Love The Glenrothes!

gralson

posted 1 Jun. 2011

gralson gave this whisky 86 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

peat, supposedly strong but very much balanced with other low tones, old basement, boxes with potatoes, in the background some leftovers of citruses and lemons

Taste

at first distinct sweetness which was missing in the smell, later soft peat, slightly bitter taste, spicy, pinching on the tongue, lemon, fine changes,

Finish

finish abounding low, peat, lightly iodine, sweet and long, very cool

Comments

Lafroy

posted 31 Mar. 2011

Lafroy gave this whisky 87 points

Color

Pale straw

Nose

Hints of lemon and grapefruit peel, a lot of peat, sweet peaty smoke, ashes, tea dregs, wet tobacco, peaty sweetness, hints of smoked oak, root spices, roasted nuts.

Taste

Starts with deep and warm sweetness

Finish

Medium long and smoky with hints of ashes, tobacco, peat and black pepper.

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