Caol Ila 13-year-old (D.2009, B. 2022) Connoisseurs Choice / 45% /0.7l
- The Connoisseurs Choice range was created by whisky visionary George Urquhart, second generation of the family that still owns Gordon & MacPhail.
Product description
The Connoisseurs Choice series is the brainchild of George Urquhart, a second-generation member of the family who owned Gordon & MacPhail and a great whisky visionary.
Since 1968, the series has featured nearly 100 distilleries, presenting nearly 2,000 editions. In 2018, the company redesigned Connoisseurs Choice, giving it a more contemporary, elegant look and also introducing cask strength and wood finishes. The Caol Ila presented here, distilled in 2009, spent over a decade in refilled bourbon barrels before spending another two years in barrels from the Tuscan super-wine Sassicaia. The whisky was bottled at 45% abv, unchill-filtered, as batch 22/029 in November 2022. The edition consisted of 3,550 bottles.
Aroma : peat smoke, smoked ham, dried figs, multi-berry jam, milk chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, a pinch of pepper and a hint of salty breeze.
Palate: black and red currants, cherries, lemon peel, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, a hint of vanilla, peat smoke and oak.
Finish : quite long, with notes of smoke and ash, tart berries, pepper, vanilla salt, cinnamon and oak.