Product Description

A splendidly gentle and elegant 30yo Port Askaig, showing delicious honeysuckle on the nose, then bonfire smoke and leafy oakiness on the palate. One of the most perfectly autumnal whiskies we've ever tried.

Product Facts

Bottler
Speciality Drinks Ltd
Age
30 Year Old
Country
Scotland
Region
Islay
Colouring
No

Port Askaig 30 Year Old

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Speciality Drinks Ltd

70cl / 45.8%

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes by Tim F
- N
  Lovely honeysuckle notes initially. Sugared almonds. Really appetising. Leafy, with restrained oak in the background.
- P
  Beautiful soft mouthfeel. Slowly growing surge of leafy, smokey, oaky flavours. Appley, with hints of citrus, pepper and chilli. An autumn bonfire.
- F
  Slow fade, lingering spices.
Tasting Notes by WhiskyNotes' Ruben
- Nose
  Nicely coastal, with wet sand and oyster, but quite fruity as well. A soft, liqueur-like fruitiness, rather exotic for a Caol Ila. Nice interplay of two characters. Lemon, honeysuckle, vanilla. A few medicinal notes in the background.
- Mouth
  Lemon at first, then some walnuts and almonds. Apricots. Peat as well, and a few salty notes, which make it sharper than on the nose. Again a nice showcase of older Caol Ila elements.
- Finish
  Long, with spicy smoke, hints of tea and salty fish.
- Score
  89/100.
- Comment
  I’m fond of older Caol Ila. Port Askaig 25yo was already my favourite of the range and now this place is taken by the 30yo (although the 25yo has quite a price advantage).
  Very elegant while at the same time showing impressive power for a 30 year-old.
Tasting notes by Whiskyfun (Serge Valentin)
- Nose
  This one is much more vegetal and lemony at first nosing, and rather more medicinal as well. Some camphor, eucalyptus, lemon juice, a little antiseptic, then more coastal notes as expected. Oysters, then hints of wet dog (let’s put a term to our silly jokes with wet dogs) and whiffs of smoke and a little mint. Gets also a tad earthier, with a little vanilla. Globally fresher and less smoky than the CC. Very nice, gets drier after fifteen minutes.
- Mouth
  Less salt than in the G&M (I can’t see how there would have been more salt) but many coastal notes, smoked fish, then lemon marmalade, green tea, leather and notes of fresh walnuts. The medicinal notes are well there, crouched in the background. A little camphor, for instance. Very good but less polished than expected at 30yo.
- Finish
  Long, salty, more on fruit peelings and green tea. Medium peatiness.
- Comments
  A very fine Caol Ila (oops) that’s rather far from age’s tiredness. Even at 40yo, this will be fresh and lively. SGP:466 - 90 points.
- Comment
  After the successful CS, 17 and 25 (including a second batch of the latter), here’s the 30. Please note that we cannot be 100% sure it’s Caol Ila, but that it’s most probably not Bunnahabhain inside. Colour: gold.