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This Caol Ila was bottled by the bottler Meadowside Blending, an 8 year old, at 53.9%. The peat here is bright and lemony over an oily, maritime body. Islay’s quiet giant, vast yet refined. Among the most widely traded of Islay’s single malts. Most of its make goes into the Johnnie Walker blends. This is one of the most characterful of the Islay malts.
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An 8 year old Caol Ila from the bottler Meadowside Blending, from cask 311129, bottled at 53.9%, one of 303 bottles. Caol Ila is among the most widely traded of Islay's single malts. Its peated character is built on malt smoked to a medium level of phenols.
It was made from medium peated malt for a clean, smoky spirit, for a smoke more elegant than heavy. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, a soft vanilla beneath the spirit. Early, extractive maturation draws vanillin (vanilla) and furfural (toasted almond) from the wood over a clean, phenolic smoke. Refill oak lets the maritime peat and lemon of the spirit lead the way. Phenols from the peat smoke carry the medicinal, lemony edge through the years. A ferry crosses the Sound from Port Askaig to Jura and the mainland. Most of its peated malt is destined for the Johnnie Walker blends.
Bottled at a cask strength 53.9%, it is intense. Smoke, lemon and a peppery oil, with a soft vanilla from the oak. Beneath the smoke run lemon, brine and a peppery oil. The finish runs oily, smoky and clean. This is a clean Islay smoke from the island's largest distillery.
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