Caol Ila 12 years old Bulloch Lade & Co.Ltd. /Unpacked/ 43% / 0.75l
- Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson. Bulloch Lade & Co., producers of blended whisky from Glasgow, purchased the plant in 1863 and remained its owner until 1920.
Product description
The Caol Ila Distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson. Bulloch Lade & Co., Glasgow blended whisky producers, purchased the distillery in 1863 and owned it until 1920.
In that year, Bulloch Lade & Co. filed for bankruptcy and its assets were taken over by a consortium led by DCL. Seven years later, DCL became the sole owner and revived Bulloch Lade & Co. as a subsidiary. It finally ceased to exist in 2007. Here we present the 12-year-old Caol Ila bottled at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s by Bulloch Lade & Co. This excellent whisky from the “old school” is priceless for collectors of this brand.
Nose: sweet and salty, sea breeze, iodine, vanilla, marzipan, ripe apples, mirabelle plums, lemons, limes, a bit of hay and peat smoke in the background.
Palate: captures aromas of apples, peaches, pears, candied lemon peel, lemongrass, pepper, seaweed salad, green olives, sea salt and a bit of peat smoke.
Finish: quite long, with notes of sea salt, peat smoke, vanilla, honey, dry herbs and roasted nuts.