Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old Rare Malts

Caol Ila 34 Year Old 1982 Cadenhead Small Batch

Here is another Caol Ila from Cadenhead,b ut a lot older than the one I just tried, bottled a cask strength. It was released for the 10th anniversary of The Nectar and presented at the Spirits in the Sky whisky festival in Brussels in November 2016. Mark Watt was quite persistent that I should try this. Who am I to tell him no? Whilte the typical...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila 7 Year Old 2012 Hinata The Stillman’s DE

I have no idea what Hinata means, nor am I familiar with the bottler The Stillman’s DE. It appears to be a German company and a relative newcomer. Hinata is, according to my teenage son, an important character in Naruto. In what? ‘Never mind, dad’. What I do know about this bottling is that it is a young, powerful Caol Ila that has matured on a...

Score 87/100

Caol Ila 30 Year Old 1980 Bladnoch Forum

Some 10 years ago, you could buy this 30 years old Coal Ila from the Bladnoch Forum for less than 250 EUR. A decade later, that has become quite unthinkable. So I’m happy to have been able to score a sample of this one, although I cannot remember who from… apologies (to the person who sold me the sample, obviously). It’s a single cask at cask...

Score 91/100

Caol ila 8 Year Old Unpeated bottled 2008

Nose: A succulent toffee-mint to accompany lemons and cherries burning on hot coals. Crushed peanuts are sprinkled over melting perfumed wax, before a confectionary fire-blanket of apple-pie, chocolate hob-nobs and fig rolls envelopes the heat and puts out the smoke. Taste: A smooth and luxurious oil massages the palate, with a velvet-like nectar...

Score 93/100