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An Islay single malt Scotch whisky with balanced peat smoke and lemon zest, and a long finish.
Peat smoke
Citrus
Additional information
- Whisky
- Style
- Scotland
- Origin
- 700ml
- Size
- 40% ABV
- Alcohol
- 2.2 per bottle
- Standard drinks
- Peat smoke
- Citrus
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Caol Ila 12YO
$114.99each
The story of Caol Ila 12YO
Caol Ila is pronounced cull-eela and is Gaelic for Sound of Islay, the strait it looks out on from near Port Askaig, with Jura on the far side. Hector Henderson founded the distillery in 1846, and it changed hands several times before Scottish Malt Distillers took full ownership in 1930. It now belongs to Diageo.
The old buildings were demolished in 1972 and a new plant designed by George Leslie Darge replaced them, with production restarting in 1974. It runs three wash stills and three spirit stills and is one of Islay's largest producers. Most of its whisky goes into blends, Johnnie Walker Black Label among them, and the distillery makes both a peated and an unpeated single malt.
The peated 12 Year Old is bottled at 43 per cent and sits at the lighter end of Islay. The nose is lemon peel, green apple, almond and sea salt, with the peat smoke arriving softly. On the palate there is vanilla, flaky salt, tart fruit and coastal smoke, and the finish is long, with citrus and a little pepper.
The salt and citrus suit oysters, smoked trout or a hard, salty cheese.
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