smoky
grassy
herbs
peaty
phenols
oak
savoury
sugar
charred
Caol Ila
18 Year Old
Tasting Notes
Appearance / Color
Crystal clear antique gold
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Highly aromatic with fresh-cut grass, malt, fresh cooking herbs, and the sea
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Full and round with more grass, grains, wet oak, turbinado sugar, and charred peat
Finish
Long and thick with oiled wood, soft smoke, and autumn rain
Crystal clear antique gold
Nose / Aroma / Smell
Highly aromatic with fresh-cut grass, malt, fresh cooking herbs, and the sea
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Full and round with more grass, grains, wet oak, turbinado sugar, and charred peat
Finish
Long and thick with oiled wood, soft smoke, and autumn rain
Caol Ila 18 Years Old is like a fine Dominican Cigar on a chilly evening.
In Gaelic, Caol Ila is pronounced “cole ī-la” and it means “sound of Islay.” And sure enough, this distillery sits right on the water facing the deep-water strait between Islay and Jura… smack dab in smoky-single-malt paradise. The Caol Ila Distillerie — owned by Diageo — is a production machine, cranking out 3.5 million liters of the peaty amber liquid each year. But it’s Whisky is in high demand as a core component to dozens of premium blends. In fact, the major blends take 95% of production, leaving only 5% to go into their signature single malts.
Where a young peated Whisky can whip you in the face with charcoal and campfire smoke, it is amazing what time does to this classic Islay dram. A full eighteen years of patient maturation calms the harsher phenols into a gourmet tray of smoked delicacies. You are left with a creamy, smooth, and dense single malt that lingers on the palate with a savory sweetness and pronounced notes of fresh-picked herbs. Where some lesser Islay Whiskies are like chain-smoking a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, Caol Ila 18 Years Old is like a fine Dominican Cigar on a chilly evening by the sea.
In Gaelic, Caol Ila is pronounced “cole ī-la” and it means “sound of Islay.” And sure enough, this distillery sits right on the water facing the deep-water strait between Islay and Jura… smack dab in smoky-single-malt paradise. The Caol Ila Distillerie — owned by Diageo — is a production machine, cranking out 3.5 million liters of the peaty amber liquid each year. But it’s Whisky is in high demand as a core component to dozens of premium blends. In fact, the major blends take 95% of production, leaving only 5% to go into their signature single malts.
Where a young peated Whisky can whip you in the face with charcoal and campfire smoke, it is amazing what time does to this classic Islay dram. A full eighteen years of patient maturation calms the harsher phenols into a gourmet tray of smoked delicacies. You are left with a creamy, smooth, and dense single malt that lingers on the palate with a savory sweetness and pronounced notes of fresh-picked herbs. Where some lesser Islay Whiskies are like chain-smoking a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, Caol Ila 18 Years Old is like a fine Dominican Cigar on a chilly evening by the sea.
Caol Ila 18 Year Old
(0.7l, 43%)
Ratings & Reviews
Member Reviews and Ratings of Caol Ila 18 Year Old
john,
i love it -it is not finished yet.
it has a pleasant flavour, almost as good as the 25yo that has finshed a while ago.
i find the phenols in the younger ones somewhat overpowering
Link,
Nase: Genau richtig
Geschmack: Sehr fein
Abgang: Genau richtig
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