Sold outSep 2022In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 10 years.
“Amidst the clear earth and falling autumn leaves we found flashes of green as olive oil and lime zest led us towards margarita cocktails topped with wood ash.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 53.424 is a single cask of Caol Ila, in the Islay region, 10 years old, bottled at 60.7%, released in the Sep 2022 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 53.x is from Caol Ila.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
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.