Caol Ila 1980/2010 Octave Cask f. Malts and More Duncan Taylor 54.8% vol. 0,7l

Duncan Taylor has its roots in Glasgow, formerly a major broker in the whiskey market, Duncan Taylor is now established as an independent bottler.
A few years ago they moved to the Speyside, they founded their own warehouse, where malts from almost all Scottish distilleries from many decades can be found.

Caol Ila - the Octave - specially bottled for Malts and More

Exclusive bottling of an Octave Casks for Malts and More.
Octave barrels have just a content of about 45-68 liters, with the result that a single barrel bottling does not produce many bottles - in this case, just 71 bottles.
Due to the small size of the Octave barrels, a whiskey can not spend long maturation here, the influence of the wood and its aromas is too big - "too much whiskey has too much contact with the barrel".

The Caol Ila matured for 30 years in a bourbon barrel, then the whiskey came for another three months in a sherry octave cask.
By the dark color one can clearly see, which influence the small barrel has in such a short time on the whiskey.

The result is a Caol Ila with its typical Islay notes, in addition there are very nice balanced fruit notes through the small Octave Cask:

Intense aromas of old leather, spicy apples, tangerines.
The taste is very creamy - traces of chocolate and toffee, cherries and oranges - then the typical Caol Ila smoked ham and nutmeg.


Data of bottling
Barrel Type: Sherry Octave Cask
Cask No .: 401783
Edition: 72 bottles
Cask-strength
Non-chillfiltered - not cold-filtered
Non-colored - no dyes