Caol Ila 25 Years Old 1997/2022 GM 1st Fill Sherry Butt #12495 60.7% 700ml

Details：

Distillery: Caol Ila

Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail (GM)

Bottling serie: Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength

Vintage: 1997

Bottled: 2022

Stated Age: 25 Years Old

Casktype: 1st Fill Ex-Sherry Butt

Casknumber: 12495

Number of bottles: 561

Strength: 60.7% 

Size: 700ml

Tasting notes：

Nose: Wow what a nose; fleshy-smoky; sweet; grilled bacon; candied citrus notes; mineral-earthy-maritime; some seaweed; preserved fruits; Tobacco; herbal notes; some mint freshness; enigmatic oak.

Palate: a warming mouthfeel; still smoldering campfire and ashy to sooty notes; smoked meat; beautiful preserved fruit again; citrus; apples; Caramel; peppery notes; salty-maritime; oak seasoning.

Finish: long and peppery warming finish; spicy; herbal notes; Caramel; smoked meat; some chocolate; campfire smoke and ashy notes; tart, spicy oak.