Caol ila 18 Year Old

Nose : Peat hovering, some sweet fruit, honey?, oatmeal. the peat is not biting but it's more powerful than one would expect from a 18 year old malt. Citrus is much lighter than the other 2 expressions. interesting. brine. smoke is there yet also not very powerful. Vanilla and some flower petals. (chamomile?) . Islay, but not shouting or kicking. more well behaved than the younger versions, and nicely so.

palate: smoky sweetness. very rounded . some pepper at the start then moving on with peat some oats, then back to the pepper on the finish. All very subtle compare to the ‘wham bam!’ if the CS and the 12…

Finish : smoky, long dry and some wood touches. rather long.

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