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Caol Ila 20 Year Old Syndicate Bottling 1990
HED8375
70 cl
53.7%
£142.90
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Caol Ila 20 Year Old Syndicate Bottling is an Islay single malt distilled in 1990 and matured in a single refill hogshead. Bottled in 2010 for the `Syndicate 58/6` group, this expression represents the 20-year maturation mark for a year that produced some of the distillery`s most prized stocks. The profile is defined by a refined medicinal smoke and maritime salt, with the long maturation integrating the primary peat notes into the malt sweetness. On the palate, the liquid is rounded and displays flavours of honeyed nuts, green apple and wood ash.
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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'.