Caol Ila Moch

Caol Ila Moch

Caol Ila (pronounced 'Cull Ee-la), is a remote Scottish distillery, situated in a quiet wooded bay on Islay near Port Askaig that has produced great whisky for 160 years. Its whiskies tend to be lighter than other Islay's, with peat and floral notes the order of the day. And so to Moch. Its not an expensive dram, retailing at about £36 in the UK...

Score 88/100

Caol Ila Moch

For those wishing to explore the light smoker side of malts, this is a great place to start. Don't be afraid, it's a gem of lightly peated quality that might just encourage you to venture beyond your normally safe Speyside and Highland drams. Taking its name from the Gaelic for ‘dawn’. Caol Ila Moch is the first single malt from the distillery to...

Score 90/100

Caol Ila Moch

It was only a question of time until Diageo’s turn to hop on the NAS bandwagon, and release an expression with a nice Gaelic sound to it, wasn’t it? So, it’s here, the new Caol Ila ‘Moch’ (meaning: dawn in Gaelic). It’s not everyday that Caol Ila releases a new OB and this one got good reviews from bloggers and whisky sites who tasted it recently....

Score 85/100

Caol Ila Moch

We tried this at the 2011 Feis Ile and bought a bagful of bottles, one of which we dropped as soon as we got home. Damn! Still, it means we had to drink the remains. Damn!! Nose: Like a peaty lemsip, quite floral with green apple and lemon skins. Taste: More lemon, coconut, artificial sweetener. Peat still feels very young. Light rum and raisin...

Score 83/100