Description
From the Diageo Rare Malts Selection, a very nice collectable bottle from Caol Ila distillery, Port Askaig, Islay. Bottled at natural cask strength this Limited Edition 21-year-old whisky was distilled in 1975 then bottled in April 1997.
Caol Ila
Caol Ila Rare Malts Selection 21 Year Old, 1997, 61.3%
Catalog product detail, market evidence, tasting notes, reviews, and collection actions.
TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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- Region
- Islay
- Age
- 21 Years
- Vintage
- 1975
- Bottled
- 1997
- ABV
- 61.3%
- Volume
- 70cl
- Distillery
- Caol Ila
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- N.A
- Bottling
- Official Bottling
- Peated
- Peated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- Yes
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- N.A
- Has box
- Yes
- Closure
- Screw cap
- Presentation
- Bottle and box
- Series highlights
- Rare Malts Selection
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- Limited Edition
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- Citrus, orange oil, mango, banana, vanilla, oak, smokiness, shortbread, salt, smoked apples, iodine, limejuice, damp gravel, fresh concrete, hay, mineral, sooty notes.
- Palate
- Green tea, lavender, tangerines, fennel, tannins, herbal honey, floral sweetness, smoke, oily, grassy citrus, lemongrass, sweet creamy, honey, medicinal alcohol, limoncello, extra strong mints, fish oil, paraffin, almonds, ink, plastic, chilli.
- Finish
- Dry finish of tannins, chocolate, lemon grass, lavender, long, balanced with smoke, sweetness and citrus, extremely long, smoky concentrated lemon juice.