Caol Ila 1997 Managers' Choice / 11 Year Old / Sherry Cask
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Product Description

A single 1997 European Sherry Oak cask of Caol Ila chosen to represent the distillery in the cask strength Managers' Choice range from Diageo. This is only the second ever single cask Caol Ila released by Diageo after the wonderful Feis Ile bottling in 2009 (also a sherry cask, coincidentally).

Style

Style

  • 3
    Body
  • 2
    Richness
  • 4
    Smoke
  • 3
    Sweetness
Character

Character

  • Character - Honey Honey
  • Character - Lemon Lemon
  • Character - Brine Brine
  • Character - Clove Clove
  • Character - Earth Earth
  • Character - Oak Oak
Product Facts

Product Facts

  • Bottler Icon

    Bottler

    Distillery Bottling

  • Series Icon

    Series

    Managers' Choice

  • Age Icon

    Age

    11 Year Old

  • Vintage Icon

    Vintage

    1997

  • Bottling Date Icon

    Bottling Date

    March 2009

  • No of Bottles Icon

    No of Bottles

    366

  • Country Icon

    Country

    Scotland

  • Region Icon

    Region

    Islay

  • Cask Type Icon

    Cask Type

    Sherry

  • Cask Number Icon

    Cask Number

    14185

  • Colouring Icon

    Colouring

    Yes

Caol Ila 1997 Managers' Choice 11 Year Old Sherry Cask

  • Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  • Distillery Bottling

70cl / 58%

5 (4 Reviews)

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£1,500

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 (£2,142.86 per litre)

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes

  • Producer's Tasting Notes

    • Colour: Gloriously attractive; clear, sparkly amber. Lightly viscous.Nose: Instant. Fresh. Invigorating. At first, acetic dryness fuses with honey, Beech wood-smoke, salty sea air and lemon juice. Wood-smoke rapidly becomes full-on coal tar as phenols move to the fore. Then, with water, a subtle, tropical fruit sweetness plays with its savoury partners; toasted cumin, porcini and sage-butter.Body: Light. Soft.Palate: Instant phenol. Sensuous. Coating. Pure smoke briefly cut through by a honeyed sweetness. Later fresh fennel and tarragon; followed by drying, oaky, vanilla and crunchy, grainy cereals. Finish: Long and smooth; sweet, smoky, herbal, earthy and peppery. Traces of clove. Splendidly savoury: the earthiness of beetroot, roasted with salt and virgin olive oil in a wood fired oven. Comforting late smoky breath. Complete.Comment: An outstanding whisky that just can’t help playing games with us: Is it sweet? Where’s the acid gone. Nope - here’s the lemon. Wait, where’s the honey? But that’s olive oil! Throughout, an unpredictable interplay of sweet, tart, savoury and smoky notes; astonishingly fresh and ferociously appetising. Caol Ila never fails to engage, surprise and delight.

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Customer Reviews

5 (4 Reviews)

  • 5

    rsca74

    top whisky

  • 5

    JBoy

    Despite the fact that this is "only" 12 years old, and despite the skepticism of the price that it carries, it truly lives up to all expectations, and the reviews and scores bestowed upon it. It is the best Caol Ila I personally have ever tasted, and bests many other highly esteemed Islays.

  • Anonymous

    366 bottles and first single cask of Caol Ila from the producer widely available.

  • Anonymous

    How can a 11y old whisky cost £285! please someone explain the rarity of this bottling?

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