54,5°
Distillery : Caol Ila - Islay
1st Fill Sherry Butt
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2025
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 35 ppm
The second representative of Chapter X of the Plume Collection, this Caol Ila spent 12 years, two months and one day in a first-fill sherry butt, resulting in an astonishing number of 666 bottles. It was included in the Itinéraires series for priority sale on the French market by La Maison du Whisky.
Let's Taste It :
The sherry is perfect, mellow, complex, deep, balanced, dark chocolate, elegant woodiness, quince tart, apple jam sprinkled with cinnamon, candied red berries, roasted nuts, which blend beautifully with fireplace ashes, heather earth, soot and tar, charcoal and caramel, a few notes of iodine in the background, rich peat, wisps of black smoke. On the palate, chocolate fondant, fig jam, ripe apricots, blood oranges, fried bacon and, of course, thick peat, dotted with truffle and morel mushrooms. The finish is once again perfect, warm chestnuts, coffee grounds, hot asphalt, prunes, sandalwood, grated nutmeg.
In Short,
In my opinion, this is the best you can get from a relatively young Caol Ila aged in a sherry cask. It's very intense, yet not too strong, there's a certain balance, with woodiness, smoothness and a variety of fruits. What's more, the price is very reasonable. It's definitely worth buying if you're a fan of this profile, but you'll have to hurry.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
BBO - Pull Me Under
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