Caol Ila 8-year-old (D.2013, B.2021) Provenance / 46%/ 0.7l
- Douglas Laing & Co., an independent bottling company, used to be run by two Laing brothers, Fred and Stewart.
Product description
Douglas Laing & Co. was owned for over 40 years by brothers Fred and Stewart Laing.
In 2013, the brothers divided its assets and went into business for themselves. The Provenance series remained in the Douglas Laing & Co. portfolio, now owned by Fred. Early 2015 brought a change in the graphic design – while the previous presentation referred to the season, the current one emphasizes the region in which the distillery is based. The Caol Ila presented here, distilled May 2013, spent over 8 years in a refill bourbon cask no. DL 15423. Bottled in December 2021 without added coloring and without chill filtration in an edition of 296 bottles.
Nose : peat smoke, seaweed, barley malt, toffee, brown sugar, vanilla, mixed herbs, lemon pepper, iodine and charred oak.
Palate : peat smoke, seaweed salad, lemon peel, caramel, smoked ham, salted peanuts, green apples and charred oak.
Finish: quite long, with notes of peat smoke, sea salt, smoked meat, burnt sugar, oak and a drop of tar.