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Caol Ila
Whisky: Caol Ila 1995-2012
Age: 17 years
Type: Single malt
   
Distilled: 08-1995
Bottled: 04-2012
Cask Type: Bourbon Hogshead
Cask #: 9808
Bottle #: 127/130
Strength: 53.6%
   
Distillery: Caol Ila Distillery
Bottler: Kintra
Country: Scotland: Islay
   
 
Date: 16-11-2013
Nose: Yellow fruit, iodine, a little peat, round, sweet, mossy.
Flavour: Sweet, peaty, vanilla, yellow fruit, liquorice, oranges, sal ammoniac.
Body: Stimulating, pleasantly oily.
Comments: It's quite tasty, though I'm not very impressed.
Rating: ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++-- ---- ---- (7.5)