Sold outDec 2024In short · Caol Ila (Islay), 13 years.
“We sat round a beach bonfire, with aubergines charring in the embers for some proper baba ganoush; while some of us thought there was maybe a sea battle going on in the…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 53.475 is a single cask of Caol Ila, in the Islay region, 13 years old, bottled at 58.9%, released in the Dec 2024 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.