Caol Ila 25 Year Old 1984 Cask #5390 Bladnoch

Caol Ila 1998 Distillers Edition

This edition is distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2011. Nose: Chocolate covered raisins, beer, bitter citrus zest. Baked orchard fruit and cloves. Pencil shavings and sweet BBQ. There's a slight solvent edge that is both unfortunate and deceiving considering how easy-drinking this whisky is. The nose isn't as bright and fresh as the standard...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 13 Year Old 1997 Chieftain's

Ian McLeod, who market the label Chieftain's, vatted no less than six casks to realize this release of almost 800 bottles, all of them at drinking strength. Very soft and mineral nose with a sweetness. Vanilla, apples and pears. A slice of lemon. A touch of ashes, but really hidden. Some green herbs like parsley and thyme. Some wet earth. A bit of...

Score 83/100

Caol Ila 12 Year Old

My wife purchased an extremely awesome Christmas present for me this year. A calender. A very special calender. A calender made of whiskies! Entry level whiskies, old whiskies, cask strength whiskies, whiskies from around the world. Sweeet! I'd tasted a few of them before, some I'd reviewed before, but now I was finally moving into new whisky...

Score 81/100

Caol Ila Cask Strength Caol Ila 1998 (Gordon & Macphail)

This was an interesting experience, since you don't get sherried Caol Ila from their official bottling, if I am not mistaken. However, I believe there is a good reason why they don't have such things in their official line of products. And that reason is simple: it just doesn't work!. Here's why... NOSE: sweet, brown sugar, and very big and very...

Score 71/100