Caol Ila 1997 Private Collection Hermitage Wood Finish Gordon & Macphail

Caol Ila 14 YO, Cask # LD 6957

Douglas of Drumlanrig is an independent bottler. I thank @Maddie for samples from the reviewed bottle. The reviewed bottle was distilled in September 1996 and bottled in February 2011. I attended a tasting of mostly Douglas Laing products with @Maddie in, I believe, January of 2013. Of the 8 or 10 malts we tasted that night, several 25 to 35 years...

Score 94/100

Caol ila Cask Strength

This review is from my2nd sample of a 20cl bottle. I have sampled this in a Glencairn without water. The colour is pale straw and oily. Nose peat, smoke, green apple peel and a twist of lemon grass. On the palate it delivers a real spicy, smokey punch. Dry crisp green fruit and salted caramel. The finish is long, smokey, spicy, peat, fruity,...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 9 Year Old 2010 Adelphi

This single sherry hogshead of young Caol Ila was bottled for the 15th anniversary of WIN – Whisky Import Nederland – and yielded 295 bottles at cask strength. My buddy Marcel from Holland sent me a sample. And that’s a good thing too, for as you’ll soon find out, you’ll find this is another grand Caol Ila! The color, to say the least, is...

Score 87/100

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