Caol Ila 1982 27 Year Old Adelphi

Caol Ila 12 Year Old Cadenhead’s Original Collection

A young, pale Caol Ila, matured on a bourbon cask. You'll be hard pressed to go more classic. Bottled by Cadenhead in 2020 in their Original Collection. Weird that the year of distillation isn't mentioned on the label. Probably a vatting of multiple casks, in which 12 years old was the youngest. Fruity and fresh on apples and lime, but at the...

Score 82/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

Boy, is this whisky charismatic! There're some complex whiskies which are sophisticated, refined, really nicely matured, but they still lack a little something. It's like a person with a whole list of achievements, lots of diplomas, awards, but with no charm or character. They can potentially offer you a lot of stuff, however, they lack certain...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila Bladnoch forum bottling 1980 / 2009

A 28 year old single cask bottling from the Bladnoch forum. This 1980 Caol Ila has plenty of peat on the nose but still not as much as I expected. It has something of a medicinal iodine hint but nothing too overpowering. In the mouth it is big, really big. Maybe some would say oily. Lots of smoke and heat from the high alcohol content. The peat...

Score 90/100

Caol Ila 1996/2008 12 Year Old Milano Whisky Festival

Every self-respecting whisky festival, just like the one in Milan, Italy, has its own festival bottle. In 2008, the Milano Whisky Festival presented a young Caol Ila of 12 years, distilled in August 1996 and bottled in September 2008. It's a single cask that yielded 150 bottles. It was bottled by Waddel Hepburn from Glasgow. While the peat is...

Score 84/100