Caol Ila 1984 18 Year Old First Cask #5757

Caol ila Cask Strength

This was another taster at The Lark distillery/whisky bar. The nose is peaty, with hints of sweetness and malt. Really meaty and powerful. More complex than it sounds. I would need a few glasses over a few weeks to get to the bottom of the nose. The taste is powerful and warm (as you would expect from a cask strength release. The sweetness...

Score 90/100

Caol Ila 11 Year Old 2010 Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection

A few weeks ago my whisky buddy Rainer sent me a message about this bottle. And whether he would be allowed to come by to have it tasted and whether I would like to make a Rambling about it? Yes & yes. And so here we are. Firmly sherried nose on leather, horse coat, beef jerky, blood oranges, chewing tobacco, balsamic. Very intense, but...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated / Special Releases 2015

Caol Ila – which means 'Sound of Islay' in Gaelic and thus refers to the straight between Islay and the Isle of Jura – has a so-called Unpeated Style on the market since 2008. That is to be taken quite literally. This Caol Ila – which appeared as an 8 years old at first, but is now already at 18 years – is made from unpeated malt. I tried this 17...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 16 Year Old Cadenhead’s Warehouse

During Spirits in the Sky, the amazing whisky festival in Brussels organized by The Nectar, I participated in the Cadenhead's Warehouse Tasting where we could taste a number of cask samples from the warehouses from this bottler in Campbeltown. In the glass is a 16-year-old Caol Ila that has matured on a sherry cask. Although not mentioned, it must...

Score 87/100