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Caol Ila The Manager's Dram 15 Year Old, Sherry Cask, 1990, 63%
Caol Ila

Caol Ila The Manager's Dram 15 Year Old, Sherry Cask, 1990, 63%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 39
Average Score
Avg 97
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Description

By volume the largest single malt producer on the isle of Islay. It is part of the extensive Scotch whisky holdings of Diageo who, in addition to marketing its peated single malt, have also assigned it as one of the four regional brands home of the Johnnie Walker blends. Distillery Bottling is a term used to define a whisky bottled by the company that produced it, using the official branding of th ...

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Unicorn AuctionsAuction Sold Price - May 3, 2026SGD 8,365.43
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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Jan 5, 2026SGD 7,166.27
Cask type
Sherry Cask
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
Yes
Cask origin
N.A
Cask no.
N.A
Batch
N.A
PPM
N.A
Barley
100% malted barley
Fermentation
N.A
Master distiller (bottling)
Grant Carmichael
Master distiller (distillation)
N.A
Limited edition
Yes
Bottle count
N.A
Has box
No
Closure
Screw cap
Presentation
Bottle
Series highlights
The Manager's Dram
Historical context
Distilled in 1975 and bottled in 1990 during the United Distillers Manager's Dram era.
Special release
Staff bottling for the S.M.D. Staff Association
Allocation
Staff exclusive
Nose
Punchy, meaty with matchstick notes, charcoal ashes, pipe tobacco, cigar leaves, leather, sweet peat coated by caramel and brown rock sugar, fruit cake, classic pulled pork, barbecue smoke, bold earthiness, Jagermeister, balsam fir, coal.
Palate
Strong, reduced on chocolate, balsamic syrup, dried prunes, forest fruit jam, cinnamon, pepper, drying on liquorice and Lapsang tea, hints of salt (cured ham and seaweed), earthy elements, rich dark caramels, burnt caramels, balsamico, pine tree, old books, leathers, brown sugar, cherry vinaigrette, rocks, garden potting soil, mineral water, cranberries.
Finish
Very long, flinty, ashy with lingering sherry, infinitely echoing dark wood, burning hot.
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