Caol Ila 10 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 1996

Caol Ila 10 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 1996

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Caol Ila 10 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 1996
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HED40961

75 cl

46%
£150.00
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Caol Ila 10 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice is an Islay single malt distilled in 1996 and bottled in 2006 by Gordon & MacPhail. This expression was matured in refill bourbon barrels and bottled at 46% ABV, highlighting the distillery’s cleaner, medicinal style of peat. The 1996 distillation avoids the heavier fruit notes of Sherry wood, focusing instead on the raw, maritime DNA of the spirit at a youthful age. The profile consists of sea salt, lemon zest and a distinctive chimney soot smoke. On the palate, the liquid is medium-bodied and carries flavours of iodine and campfire embers.

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An Islay Powerhouse

One of the largest distilleries on Islay, Caol Ila was founded on the north of the island, near Port Askaig, in 1846. The distillery water source is Loch Nam Ban providing water filtered through a combination of limestone and peat. Caol Ila produces nearly four million litres a year, mostly for premium blended whiskies like Johnnie Walker. Only around a twentieth of the production is bottled as a single malt.

While the house-style is a classic, peated Islay malt, Caol Ila have successfully experimented with unpeated whiskies over the years. The core range features a 12 year old and an 18 year old along with Moch, a lighter style of single malt that takes its name from the Garlic for 'dawn'.

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