Caol Ila First Fill Bourbon Barrel 2026

In Bond

£3,200.00

Caol Ila First Fill Bourbon Barrel 2026

Sold out

Caol Ila First Fill Bourbon Barrel 2026

HED10116

20000 cl

£3,200.00

Taxes excluded.

Wine Storage

Storing with Hedonism Wines

Secure, Professional Storage for Your Fine Wines

Hedonism Wines is pleased to offer secure, fully insured and professionally managed storage for both under-bond and duty-paid wines and spirits. Whether purchased from Hedonism Wines or transferred from an existing collection, your wines are stored in optimal conditions until you are ready to enjoy them.

Why Choose Storage with Hedonism Wines?

Your wines and spirits will be stored at our specialist storage facility in Essex, just outside London. With over a decade of experience handling and storing fine wines and spirits, the facility maintains strict temperature and humidity controls to ensure your collection is preserved in optimal conditions.

Key benefits include:

One year of free storage when you start storing at Hedonism Wines.
Competitive storage rates: £15 per 12-bottle case per year, £7.50 per 6-bottle case per year, equivalent to £1.25 per standard bottle. Alternative formats will be charged accordingly.
Full insurance coverage for loss or breakage.
Quick and efficient delivery: Wines can be cleared and delivered within the UK in 3-4 working days.
Quarterly invoicing for storage fees to keep the process simple and transparent.
Easily manage your stored wines online, request condition reports, and track your collection effortlessly.
Flexibility to store wines purchased elsewhere, subject to our approval.

Storage Pricing

Below is a summary of our storage costs:

Service	Cost
Inbounding fee	Free
Withdrawal fee	Free
Storage and insurance - per standard 75cl bottle, per year	£1.25
Example: 12-bottle case (12 x £1.25)	£15 per year
Example: 6-bottle case (6 x £1.25)	£7.50 per year

Duty Charges

Below is a summary of the new duty charges per bottle as of February 2026. Please note that these vary depending on the ABV and are subject to change. Please get in touch if you require more information:

Product	Duty charge
Wine 12.5% ABV	£2.87 per 75cl bottle
Wine 13.5% ABV	£3.10 per 75cl bottle
Wine 14.5% ABV	£3.33 per 75cl bottle
Spirits 45% ABV	£11.47 per 70cl bottle

Transparent Billing and Rate Calculations

Quarterly Billing: Clients are invoiced quarterly based on the wines stored in the preceding quarter.
Pro-Rata Charges: Storage fees are charged on a per-bottle basis, and wines stored for part of a month will be billed accordingly.

How Our Storage Service Works

Purchase en primeur, under-bond or duty-paid wines from Hedonism Wines.
Enjoy twelve months of complimentary storage when you open a storage account with us.
After twelve months, storage will continue at the rates outlined above, with charges invoiced quarterly.
When you’re ready to receive your wines, simply request delivery – most orders are fulfilled within 3–4 working days. For wines held under bond, the relevant duty and VAT will be payable before delivery.

With Hedonism Wines’ storage service, both under-bond and duty-paid wines can be stored securely until you are ready to have them delivered. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our storage service, please contact our team.

Store Your Existing Collection

To arrange storage, please complete the Collection Transfer Form and send it to your sales representative or reserves@hedonism.co.uk. Our team will then guide you through the transfer process.

Out of Stock

Caol Ila is the peated single malt produced at Caol Ila Distillery, located on the north eastern shores of Islay overlooking the Sound of Islay. Renowned for its poised, elegant style of peat, Caol Ila is celebrated for clean maritime smoke, citrus brightness, and a gentle oily texture. The spirit typically balances soft phenolic smoke with notes of lemon peel, brine, malted barley, and a subtle sweetness, creating a whisky that is smoky yet precise rather than heavy. Long regarded as one of Islay’s most versatile and consistent malts, Caol Ila offers a refined expression of coastal peat with excellent maturation potential.

This first fill bourbon barrel of Caol Ila was 15 January 2026 at a cask strength of 63.6% ABV into a 200 litre first-fill Wild Turkey barrel. With 120 original litres of pure alcohol, equivalent to approximately 188 litres of bulk spirit, the cask provides a robust foundation for long term ageing. The fresh bourbon wood is expected to complement Caol Ila’s elegant peat with layers of vanilla, toasted oak, coconut, and gentle baking spice, while amplifying the distillery’s signature citrus, brine, and clean smoke. The result should be a whisky that develops depth and sweetness without losing clarity or maritime definition.

Included in the price is three years of professional storage and insurance at Braeside Bond.

2026

Whisky Casks

Caol Ila

Speyside, Scotland

Caol Ila

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'.

Speyside, Scotland

Caol Ila