58,2°
Distillery : Caol Ila - Islay
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt
Independent Bottling
By North Star Spirits
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 35 ppm
North Star Spirits is a company founded in 2016 by Iain Croucher. About 3
times a year, among other things, they release a Single Cask Range of 4
to 9 bottlings, unchillfiltered, uncoloured and cask
strength. Needless to say, these outings are of great interest to
enthusiasts. This one comes from the Single Cask Range 11, it is an
11-year-old Caol Ila, distilled in September 2009 and bottled in October
2020. 410 copies were put on sale and quickly sold out.
Let's Taste It :
Smoke and oil. But it drifts towards liquorice, so it's very nice. Iodine
in the background. Apple crumble, cinnamon. A spoonful of honey. Cream
of chestnuts, blueberries. Gas oil and fuel oil. In the mouth, the
balance is perfect between, on the one hand a heavy and sticky peat, and
on the other fruits and chocolate. Raisin and black cherry pudding.
Spices are part of the game, nutmeg, cumin, brown pepper. Always that liquorice
that could be motor oil, or that motor oil that looks like liquorice. Hot
asphalt. Long and deep finish, we dive into a soggy earth, coal, but
also cola, heather, humus. Cocoa powder and tobacco. Marzipan.
In Short,
Frankly, it's excellent. I am familiar with the Caol Ila and Sherry
combination, and this is one of the best I have tasted. We go very far
in the liquorice, the oily, but also the red fruits, I thought of Uigeadail of the best years. In addition, when it was released, the
price was really interesting. Now that it's sold out, obviously that's
another matter, but I'm going to keep a close eye on this bottler's next
releases from now on.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Deliluh - Amulet
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