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Caol Ila Distillers Edition 12 Year Old, Bourbon & Moscatel Cask, Batch No. C-II 8-472, 2012, 43%
Caol Ila

Caol Ila Distillers Edition 12 Year Old, Bourbon & Moscatel Cask, Batch No. C-II 8-472, 2012, 43%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 13
Average Score
Avg 87
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Description

Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2012 is a sublime Islay single malt from Caol Ila, expressing the distillery's robust flavours, fresh sea-air aromas and a sweetly fruity, smoky intensity. This limited-edition single malt was distilled in 2000 and received a finish in Moscatel casks. The Master Distiller hand-selected a small number of casks for double maturation in dark Moscatel cask-wood, its smooth ...

Overall Rating
84/100
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Maltiply Tasting Profile
Nose
Very sweet smokiness, peat, BBQ sauce, rock candy, iodine, citrus zest and juice, jammy note. Sweet, grassy, softly peaty, coastal 'ozone', salt, old bandages, sweet floral and grassy malty-ness, liquorice, muddy peat. Salty caramel (burnt/smoky), sweeter with less ethanol burn.
Palate
Apple, hint of banana candy, smoke, barley, sweet wine notes, wet rock, grilled seafood, Granny Smith apple. Soft & sweet entry, dry, spicy peat with ashy smoke, salt, old bandages, sweet grassy malt and liquorice. Pepper, wood (tannic dryness/bitterness), sweet.
Finish
Short-medium length, soft, dry, spicy peat, grassy malt, lemon juice, soft ashy smoke, brine, sweet grassy spirit with salted lemon. Smokiness and spiciness linger. Musty seafood, pepper/spice.
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Cask type
Bourbon & Moscatel
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
No
Non-chill filtered
N.A
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
C-II 8-472
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Cork
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Distillers Edition, Special Release, Classic Malts of Scotland
Historical context
N.A
Special release
Limited Edition
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Very sweet smokiness, peat, BBQ sauce, rock candy, iodine, citrus zest and juice, jammy note. Sweet, grassy, softly peaty, coastal 'ozone', salt, old bandages, sweet floral and grassy malty-ness, liquorice, muddy peat. Salty caramel (burnt/smoky), sweeter with less ethanol burn.
Palate
Apple, hint of banana candy, smoke, barley, sweet wine notes, wet rock, grilled seafood, Granny Smith apple. Soft & sweet entry, dry, spicy peat with ashy smoke, salt, old bandages, sweet grassy malt and liquorice. Pepper, wood (tannic dryness/bitterness), sweet.
Finish
Short-medium length, soft, dry, spicy peat, grassy malt, lemon juice, soft ashy smoke, brine, sweet grassy spirit with salted lemon. Smokiness and spiciness linger. Musty seafood, pepper/spice.
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