Caol Ila 1977 Gordon & Macphail

Caol Ila Distillery Exclusive 2017

When I visited the Caol Ila Distillery in September 2017, the new Distillery Exclusive was poured. It is the first time that Caol Ila used whisky that has matured on red wine casks. ‘Wanna try?’ the visitor center manager asked. ‘Is that a trick question?’ was my reply. And yes, after trying this one, a bottle disappeared into the hand luggage....

Score 88/100

Caol ila 1995 Distillers Edition

My first review here: [b]Color[/b] - Pale Gold (unfortunately artificial), medium cling on the glass [b]Nose[/b] - Some salt and sweetened fruits with a dance of smoke lingering about. [b]Palate[/b] - [i]Taken neat[/i].Starts out sweet when the Moscatel hits, graduating onto candied fruit, and finishing with ashy smokiness and a hint of iodine....

Score 87/100

Caol Ila 26 Year Old 1983 The Perfect Dram

This Caol Ila 1983 from The Perfect Dram was bottled a decade ago. The release was 240 bottles strong, at cask strength. Great bronze color, by the way. It must have been a very active cask, for the distillery character of Caol Ila is totally unrecognizable on the nose. While I deplore that a bit, I cannot deny that this nose is absolutely great....

Score 90/100

Caol Ila 18 Year Old 1996 Old Malt Cask Hunter Laing

Since the brothers Fred and Stuart Laing each went their own way – in which Fred kept the company Douglas Laing and brought his daughter Cara and son-in-low Chris Leggat on board and Stuart Laing started a new company Hunter Laing with his two sons – the Old Malst Cask belongs to the latter. The whisky under this banner is traditionally bottled at...

Score 86/100