57,1° (100° Proof)
Distillery : Caol Ila - Islay
1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butts and Hogsheads
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 35 ppm
Signatory Vintage launched this series last year, which consists of limited editions of several thousand bottles each of a low-priced vintage single malt. For this one, I don't know the exact number, but I do know that we're approaching 4,000 bottles. To reach such a figure, they had to buy a whole load of casks. This is the 10th in the series and it's a Caol Ila matured in Sherry.
Let's Taste It :
A creamy, pastry-like Caol Ila, but the smoke is still very strong. Milky vanilla, ripe mirabelle plums, sticky soot. Nice fullness, with light maritime touches. Seafood, sprinkled with lemon zest. After a while, the smoke becomes bewitching. On the palate, it's velvety, woody, mussels and scallops, thick peat, then violent spices, cumin and pepper, lead to a not very long but explosive finish, liquorice and caramel, peach pit, bark, eucalyptus, rosemary, cola, nutmeg.
In Short,
It's not a great whisky, but it's well made nonetheless. The quality is there. The value for money is interesting, without being exceptional. It's a classic Caol Ila, without much originality, but also without flaws. It's not a must-have, but if you buy it you won't regret it.
Score : 87
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Afghan Whigs - I'll Make you see God
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