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Caol Ila 12 Year Old Diageo Special Release

Caol Ila 12 Year Old Diageo Special Release

8.2 /10
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Distillery: Caol Ila
Type: Scotch
Age: 12
ABV: 57.6%
Price: £199.00

Caol Ila 12 Year Old Diageo Special Release is a Scotch whisky made by Caol Ila. ABV: 57.6%. Age: 12. Our expert rating is 8.2/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Brine, lemon oil, fresh peat smoke and bandages. A hint of olive juice and warm machine oil from beneath.

Palate

Hot and oily at full strength — green apple, sea salt, charred lemon and a wave of peat ash. With water it opens into vanilla, kippered fish and pebble.

Finish

Long, drying and mineral, ash settling slowly with a citric tug at the end.

Expert Review

8.2/10

The cask-strength sibling to the standard 12, released within Diageo's annual Special Releases as a louder, more saline statement of house style.

Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield Editor-in-Chief
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