Caol Ila 1974 32 Year Old Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

My second bottle of this 12 year old OB and whilst I didn't rate that last bottle here, I enjoyed it immensely and would have rated it high 80s ( I think I drank it, with the help of my Mum, in under a month). I picked this up recently and thought it would make a good peated whisky for the summer months. Review is neat. Nose - Herbal, slightly...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 19 Year Old 1977

End of May I had the pleasure of visiting Bert Bruyneel (owner of Asta Morris) and got to taste one of the best Caol Ila I have ever tried. Strike that: one of the best Islay whiskies I have ever tried. The fact that it was distilled in the year that Star Wars hit the siliver screen has nothing to do with that, nor the fact that I tried it on 25...

Score 95/100

Caol Ila 14 YO, Cask # LD 6957

Douglas of Drumlanrig is an independent bottler. I thank @Maddie for samples from the reviewed bottle. The reviewed bottle was distilled in September 1996 and bottled in February 2011. I attended a tasting of mostly Douglas Laing products with @Maddie in, I believe, January of 2013. Of the 8 or 10 malts we tasted that night, several 25 to 35 years...

Score 94/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

Caol Ila is the big work horse of Islay that produces peated whisky for Diageo's blends, of which Johnnie Walker Black Label is the best known one. But it stands on its own as a single malt without any problems. There is a reason why Coal Ila is my favorite Islay whisky. This 12 Year Old is the entry level malt that can be had for as little as 35...

Score 83/100