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SMWS 53.356: Caol Ila

“I have a very particular set of skills” · Past release, no longer on sale
I have a very particular set of skills - SMWS 53.356Sold outDec 2020
53.356

I have a very particular set of skills

SMWS regionIslay
Age9 years
ABV60.2%
Outturn284 bottles
CaskRefill ex-bourbon hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 53
DistilleryCaol Ila
RegionIslay

In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 9 years.

“The panel identified this as an unusually perfumed and delicately aromatic example of this great Islay make.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£63View on SMWS

SMWS 53.356 is a single cask of Caol Ila, in the Islay region, 9 years old, bottled at 60.2%, released in the Dec 2020 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 53.x is from Caol Ila.

How the price compares
At £63, this 9-year-old cost less than 25 of the 29 Caol Ila bottlings aged 8–11 released 2020–2022 that we hold. They ranged from £63 to £75, with a median of £65.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Caol Ila

Hidden in a cove above Port Askaig, gazing across the churning Sound of Islay to the Paps of Jura, Caol Ila (1846) is the island's largest distillery and the quiet engine-room of Johnnie Walker. On its own, though, it is a beauty: oily and cool, olive brine and lemon and a soft grey smoke. Diageo's.

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