Caol Ila 20 Year Old Bottled 1980s Sestante 75cl

Caol Ila Moch

It was only a question of time until Diageo’s turn to hop on the NAS bandwagon, and release an expression with a nice Gaelic sound to it, wasn’t it? So, it’s here, the new Caol Ila ‘Moch’ (meaning: dawn in Gaelic). It’s not everyday that Caol Ila releases a new OB and this one got good reviews from bloggers and whisky sites who tasted it recently....

Score 85/100

Caol Ila 10 Year Old Unpeated (bottled 2009)

Color: Bright golden sunshine. Nose: Without water: Lemon pie. Absolutely fresh, lemony and zesty. I love it! , On the side vanilla ice-cream, with those sweet notes. What a combination! Also some oaky notes, not too heavy but very surprising for a 10 year old malt. With a few drops of water the nose becomes even more interesting: the melon notes...

Score 85/100

Caol ila 18 Year Old

This Islay malt is not as coarse as many I have tried from this region and it is also not peat-heavy, either. The nose is exciting and addicting. The flavors don’t deliver quite as much as the nose, but still very satisfying. Now for the specifics.

Score 91/100

Caol Ila 9 Year Old 2012 Thompson Brothers

In just a few years, Phil and Simon Thompson have emerged as bottlers of excellent single casks (in addition to their own distilling escapades with Dornoch Distillery, of course). This is one of them. It was bottled exclusively for our northern neighbors. It concerns a young Caol Ila from 2012 from a dechar / rechar barrel, which means as much as...

Score 87/100