Caol Ila 13 Years Old 2009 Cask #322900 (Signatory)

Cask Strength Collection

700ml / 57.7%

Single Malt

$156

Caol Ila of a 13 year old from the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, 2009, at 57.7%. A coastal smoke runs to lemon, olive oil and a peppery lift. The spirit is matured largely on the mainland. The distillery looks out to the Paps of Jura. It stands at Port Askaig, facing Jura across the Sound. This is a bright, coastal Islay malt of poise.

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SKU CIL862 Categories Caol Ila, Islay, Scottish Whisky, Whiskey Brand: Caol Ila

Description

A 13 year old Caol Ila, this distilled in 2009 from the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, from cask 322900, bottled at 57.7%, one of 284 bottles. Caol Ila takes its name from the Gaelic for the Sound of Islay. Much of the spirit leaves the island by sea to mature on the mainland.

Made from medium phenol malt on soft Loch nam Ban water, giving a bright, citrus driven peat. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood adding only a light vanilla. Through the integration phase spirit and wood marry, vanillin settling into a rounded vanilla as the guaiacol phenols mellow into a softer smoke. The spirit's high notes of lemon and grass survive even long maturation. The oily texture comes from the spirit cut, the cask adding depth around it. Its peated character is built on malt smoked to a medium level of phenols. Water falls to the distillery from Loch nam Ban in the hills above.

Bottled at a cask strength 57.7%, it is intense. A fresh peat smoke over oily lemon, with a soft vanilla from the oak. A sea salt and an olive oil note sit under the smoke. A long, coastal finish carries a peaty warmth. This is a clean coastal malt with a lemony peat.