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Caol Ila Wu DRAM Clan 12 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, 2008, Wu DRAM Clan, 54.2%
Caol Ila

Caol Ila Wu DRAM Clan 12 Year Old, Hogshead Cask, 2008, Wu DRAM Clan, 54.2%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 30
Average Score
Avg 89
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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. An independent bottling brand founded in 2021 by a trio of retailers: Kyoto Fine Wine & Spirits in Japan, and Duckhammer's and T ...

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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Sep 8, 2025SGD 99.90
Region
Islay
Age
12 Years
Vintage
2008
Bottled
2021
ABV
54.2%
Volume
70cl
Distillery
Caol Ila
Origin
Scotland
Cask type
Hogshead
Bottling
Independent Bottling - Wu DRAM Clan
Peated
Peated
Single cask
Yes
Non-chill filtered
N.A
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
121
Has box
No
Closure
N.A
Presentation
N.A
Series highlights
N.A
Historical context
N.A
Special release
N.A
Allocation
N.A
Nose
A lush whiff of rum and coconut, with a good amount of sea salt and vanilla. Dried ham is definitely here too.
Palate
Salty, and briny as you may expect from Caol Ila. With sweet peat, lots of pineapples and fresh apples.
Finish
Here comes a crescendo of flavours, salty, fresh and peaty and increasing its pitch into tropical and briny notes of pineapple pizza (sorry pizza aficionados), Indian curry, spring onions and plums. As a cherry on top we get macadamia again which fades into burnt plastic and rubber wellies.
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