Single Malt
Scotland
1 Jan 2011
One of the showstoppers from Diageo's 1999 Special Releases, this unpeated Caol Ila is a stunning whisky, distilled in 1999 and aged in first-fill ex-bourbon American oak casks. Really very good indeed! A release of 6,000 bottles. We remember it fondly.
Please Note: There is some wear to the back label.
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!
An old-fashioned tuck shop greats the nostrils; sherbet, Refreshers sweets and various boiled items in jars (the kind that shatter your teeth instantly). There’s also an assortment of “Cinema Snacks” – mainly chocolate-coated raisins and toffee popcorn. Hints too of walnut, ginger and mace.
Very rich (and at 64%abv that means VERY rich), offering up stem ginger in syrup, parma violets, lemon meringue pie, chili and melted rum & raisin ice cream.
Long and sublimely sweet with exotic spices and pear juice.
A recurring theme of almost soapy parma violets seems to be popping up! A very unusual Caol Ila, and certainly one of the best Unpeated Caol Ilas we’ve had.
