Caol ila 1981 22 Year Old Signatory

Caol Ila Islay Single Malt 8 Year Old 2008 McShelfie #2

The second club bottling of the Belgian club McShelfie is a young Islay. I heard through the grapevine that it is Caol Ila, my favourite Islay whisky! This is my 99th encounter. And young Caol Ila can be very, very good in my opinion, so the expectations are high. Oh, my, what’s this? Deep fried doughnut balls, I kid you not! This Caol Ila is...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila Provenance 1997 11 Year Old

Just a year younger than the standard bottling of Caol Ila 12 and much like the Provenance Laphroaig its very similar quality but in a slightly different way. * Nose: a light and delicate nose with smoked fish some light earth, coal smoke, rock salt, dark chocolate and a kind of bandage/ petrol note going on. With water a bit more muscular, more...

Score 86/100

Caol Ila 6 Year Old 2016 Claxton’s Exclusives

High Spirits Dranken is a Dutch importer, which imports, among other things, the releases of relative newcomer Claxton's from Scotland. It is therefore not surprising that a release was bottled especially for their Dutch importer. It was a particularly young Caol Ila from 2016 that matured in a bourbon barrel. It was released in the so-called...

Score 87/100

Caol Ila 22 Year Old 1991 Cadenhead

Cadenhead is one of Scotland’s oldest bottlers, founded by William Cadenhead in 1842. It has been in the hands of the Mitchell family, who also own Springbank and Glengyle, for over 40 years. A couple of years ago, they launched the Black Label series, which included this 22 years old Caol Ila, bottled at drinking strength. The nose starts fairly...

Score 85/100