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Caol Ila Old & Rare Platinum Selection 28 Year Old, Oak Cask, Cask #272, 1979, Douglas Laing, 54.6%
Old & Rare

Caol Ila Old & Rare Platinum Selection 28 Year Old, Oak Cask, Cask #272, 1979, Douglas Laing, 54.6%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 44
Average Score
N.A
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Description

By volume the largest single malt producer on the isle of Islay. It is part of the extensive Scotch whisky holdings of Diageo who, in addition to marketing its peated single malt, have also assigned it as one of the four regional brands home of the Johnnie Walker blends. A premium line of single cask Scotch whisky bottlings inroduced by Douglas Laing & Co in 2001. It was reserved for the company's ...

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Dec 1, 2025SGD 749.98
Region
Islay
Age
28 Years
Vintage
1979
Bottled
2007
ABV
54.6%
Volume
70cl
Distillery
Old & Rare
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
Oak Cask
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Douglas Laing
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
272
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
N.A
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
N.A
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
272
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven cork
Presentation
Wooden presentation box
Series highlights
Platinum Selection
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Roasted cereal notes, red apple, apricots, gingery oak, cedarwood, vanilla, chocolate, clove, medicinal peat, restrained woodsmoke. Dirty, industrial, herbal (thyme, thistle, mugwort), rusted metal, tar, crumbling asphalt, hints of pineapple.
Palate
Polished peat attack, intense flavors, good weight, iodiney peat, peppery, spicy oak. Medium-bodied, oily, herbal digestifs and tonics, soot, dirty industrial elements, tar, lubricants, rusted metal, grease stains, oily mackerel, brine.
Finish
Long, warming, smoky like a log bonfire, peppery, mackerel, ash, shot of herbal bitters.
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