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Caol Ila Distillers Edition (Moscatel Finish)

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
12 years
ABV
43%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deeper gold than the standard 12yo; warm amber tones from Moscatel influence
Nose
Rich and complex. Exotic fruits and ripe fruits from Moscatel casks. Classic briny notes and coastal peat mixed with apricots and sweet lemons. Seaweed and damp ashes, hints of dough and hay
Palate
Round and mellow, bursting with fruits and peat. Sweetened malted barley creating an exquisite interplay of smoke and wine-influenced fruit. Dried apricot and grape sweetness meets iodine
Finish
Long, intense, very smoky. Delicious aniseed with sweet-and-sour flavours. Lily, iris, lavender, and tuberose compose the final bouquet — floral and lingering

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Double matured — initial bourbon oak
  • finished in Moscatel cask wood

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