Cask Islay (A.D. Rattray) 70cl Whisky

Name: Cask Islay (A.D. Rattray)
Brand: A. D. Rattray
SKU: 29982
Price: 36.6 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4091 (22 reviews)

Scotland • 70cl • 46%

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Customer Rating

“I am a lover of Islay malts and this comes close to one of my favourites. Just add a drop of water, sit back and enjoy.”

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Style

Single Malt

Country

Scotland

Distillery/BrandA. D. Rattray Whisky

Cask Islay (A.D. Rattray)

Cask Islay is a small batch single malt Scotch whisky from an unnamed Islay distillery, bottled by A. D. Rattray, who have a bit of a history with excellent independent bottlings. This tasty rascal was matured in a mix of ex-bourbon barrels and ex-sherry hogsheads, but who did it come from? Mystery! Suspense! Yummy, smoky whisky laden with fruit notes! Cask Islay has got it all!

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt

Nose

Rich peat, candied orange peels and a light breeze of coastal air.

Palate

Fresh orange and honeyed barley notes, surrounded by peat smoke. Quite oily. A hint of crumbly sea-side fudge glows in the centre.

Finish

Sweet apple and light smoke lasts on the long finish.

Overall

Delicious. Some classic Islay notes that will have you racking your brain for "Where did I taste that before?"

Allergy Information

This product does not contain any notifiable allergens

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Customer Rating

4.5

22 reviews

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4 Stars7

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Reviews for Cask Islay (A.D. Rattray)

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A Calvados gone wrong.

The light smoke finish the tasting notes mention is actually a strong hot burn that hurts my throat and disturbs the flavour balance. I don't know about the other bottles, but mine doesn't taste as if it was skillfully distilled.

Master of Malt Customer Jan 22, 2019

Bunnahabhain?

This is, in my humble opinion, an overtly peated experiment at Bunnahabhain that turns out to have a similar taste to Laphroaig without being it (lack of tar notes). First A.D Rattray bottles Bunnahabhain and have a good relationship there, the distillery probably didn’t think the results would align with the house tasting profile and flushed the project away , selling the casks to Rattray. The smoking gun might be the subtle vanilla signature of Bunnahabhain toward the finish, which is quite persistent. Who cares what it is, it’s excellent!

Master of Malt Customer Jan 17, 2019

yumm

Its either Caol Ila or Lagavulin. Its too mellow to be laphroaig or Ardbeg, too intense too be bowmore. Too peated to be bruchladdich or bunahabbain and too cheap to be kilchoman.

Master of Malt Customer Sep 20, 2017

Great

Hints like OCTOMORE 6.3,could be from BRUICHLADDICH. Doesn't like Ardbeg、Bowmore or Kilchoman. But,not important,just enjoy it.

Master of Malt Customer Jan 13, 2017

Acotck. D. Rattray, cask collection, 22 years in oak, single malt scotch, littlemill distillery

extremely mellow, smooth, and aromatic scotch--highly desirable, "ultimate dram!"

Charles Aston Aug 14, 2016