Caol Ila 2012 Single Cask 8 Year Old (Signatory)

Description

Brand: Caol Ila
Category: Whisky
Type: Scotch Single Malt
Region: Scotland – Islay
Strength: 57.8% alc/vol

Distilled on 14/06/2012, this is cask no.12, bottled at 57.8% ABV and a very limited release of only 525 bottles.

Tasting notes:
Nose: Smoky, roasted, peaty, spicy, iodine and saline-soaked biltong. Gradually, black liquorice, dried apricots, cooked rhubarb with embers in the background.
Palate: Bacon, seaweed, Lindt dark salted chocolate, with notes of exotic tropical fruits, over ripe banana and a liquorice spiked espresso. Unctious and long on the finish, the ashy peat rivalling the sweeter dark fruits of blackcurrant and blackberry.