2017-12-05 Secret Spirits Caol Ila 8yo Single Malt
Nose: A perfect Islay noise - just the right amount of smoke and peat, a touch of salt and kelp - wow 59.8% abc - but no alcohol bite to the nose
Palate: Caramel, Green Grass, a bit of fruit - to my surprise - not much of the smoke or peat, but a bit of the salt/kelp
Splash of Water
Nose: brings the fruit out, green grass, light smoke and peat, light kelp and salt
Palate: Wow- really brought the sweetness to the front, fruit forward,still a touch of smoke and peat
This is a young version of the Cali Ila that I have drunk before (Thank You Laurance for turning me on to this fantastic Islay). The colour is light - and so is the flavour. This is a fantastic whisky which I know from first hand experience gets better with age! Darn - just checked - the bottle I had is gone - it would have been fun to do a back to back.
This is most definitely the best whisky so far. So 5- then 4 are the best - with 2, 3, 1 well back.
Really enjoying this
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Secret Spirits
Caol Ila
The Review from Singlemalting
Palate: Caramel, Green Grass, a bit of fruit - to my surprise - not much of the smoke or peat, but a bit of the salt/kelp
Splash of Water
Nose: brings the fruit out, green grass, light smoke and peat, light kelp and salt
Palate: Wow- really brought the sweetness to the front, fruit forward,still a touch of smoke and peat
This is a young version of the Cali Ila that I have drunk before (Thank You Laurance for turning me on to this fantastic Islay). The colour is light - and so is the flavour. This is a fantastic whisky which I know from first hand experience gets better with age! Darn - just checked - the bottle I had is gone - it would have been fun to do a back to back.
This is most definitely the best whisky so far. So 5- then 4 are the best - with 2, 3, 1 well back.
Really enjoying this
Links
Secret Spirits
Caol Ila
The Review from Singlemalting
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