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Caol Ila 30 Year Old

Caol Ila 30 Year Old

9 /10
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Distillery: Caol Ila
Type: Scotch
Age: 30
ABV: 55.1
Price: £49.50

Caol Ila 30 Year Old is a Scotch whisky made by Caol Ila. ABV: 55.1. Age: 30. Our expert rating is 9/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Old hessian rope, dried seaweed, beeswax, lemon oil and a faint medicinal note. The peat has receded into something almost vegetal — damp leaves, salted lemon peel.

Palate

Silken and oily, with kiln-smoke now rendered into something soft — barbecued pineapple, candied ginger, brine, a thread of waxed fruit and toasted oak. Time has done its quiet work.

Finish

Very long, drying, mineral and ashy, with citrus oils and a final whisper of woodsmoke that refuses to leave the room.

Expert Review

9/10

Three decades of refill oak quietening Islay smoke into something autumnal and contemplative — a Diageo Special Release that ranks among the great mature Caol Ilas.

Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield Editor-in-Chief
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