{"product_id":"caol-ila-32-year-old-1992-decadent-drinks-whiskyland-chapter-five-single-cask-2024-70cl","title":"Caol Ila 32 Year Old 1992 Decadent Drinks Whiskyland Chapter Five Single Cask (2024) 70cl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eCaol Ila 32 Year Old 1992 Decadent Drinks Whiskyland Chapter Five Single Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2024) 70cl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 210 bottles produced\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a single, refill hogshead of Caol Ila 1992, aged for 32 years and bottled at natural cask strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e£10 from every bottle sold will be donated to the Whiskyland Cooonicorn Foundation. A noble conservation charity that seeks to re-establish this now extremely elusive and lonesome creature back into the wilderness of Whiskyland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a glorious old Caol Ila that tastes like a heavily peated oyster dive-bombing a mug of green tea. In a hospital. Near the sea...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003eTasting Notes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNose : Beautiful and intricate, mature peat smoke, full of soft herbal and medicinal details with impressions of green tea with lemon and many coastal subtleties. Extremely fresh and beautifully pure and vibrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalate : Superbly rich, peaty and oily. Big medicinal notes, alongside grapefruit, tar, lemon oil, herbal and green teas and even a hint of tropical fruit in the depths. Very classical, well-aged Caol Ila.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinish : Long, with a more fragrant, chiselled and mineral smokiness. More soft peat smoke notes, more medicine and more herbal and coastal notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout Caol Ila\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA perceptive whisky critic once called Caol Ila 'Mr Consistent'. It is a fair assessment. A powerhouse it might be in terms of volume, but Caol Ila always seems to manage to hit the perfect balance between maturity and distillery character, no matter whether it is in official or independent bottlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaol Ila's distillery character manages to combine a fresh pear note, grassiness, a hint of juniper and distinct notes of the seashore – lobster shells, crab creels and gentle smoke. Although it receives the same spec of malt as sister distillery Lagavulin, Caol Ila’s distillation regime – longer fermentation, higher cut point, taller stills – helps to reduce the heavy phenols. Maturation for the single malt is in refill casks. The unpeated variant is equally delicate, with a fresh, estery and almost floral lift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts importance for blends meant that, until 2002, when a 12-year-old was released, malt lovers had to seek out independent bottlings. Now there is a range including no-age-statement Moch, 18-year-old and 25-year-old, a finished Distiller’s Edition and annual special releases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was in 1846 that Hector Henderson decided to build a small distillery in a tight bay next to Port Askaig, on Islay’s east coast. He named his venture Caol Ila, Gaelic for the Sound of Islay, the stretch of water which it overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1857 Henderson was bought out by blender Bulloch Lade, which improved the site by building a substantial pier. It was absorbed into DCL (now\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/2624\/diageo\/\"\u003eDiageo\u003c\/a\u003e) in 1927 and ran continuously until 1972, when the old distillery was demolished and a new, significantly larger one was built with six stills rather than two. This transformed Caol Ila into Islay’s largest producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese were still the days before the single malt market had really taken off, and its make was destined for a huge array of blends across the whole whisky industry – most notably within its parent company, it filled requirements for Johnnie Walker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the downturn came in the 1980s, Caol Ila began running unpeated ‘Highland style’ for blends. Not only did it have capacity, but doing so allowed the distillery to stay open. Unpeated is still made every year, with volumes dependent on the forecasts of Diageo’s blending team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, another major revamp took place with a new mash tun and more washbacks being installed, which resulted in capacity increasing to 6.5m litres per annum. During the silent period when contraction was taking place, Bunnahabhain made the peated requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, Diageo revealed plans to spend £150m on upgrading tourism facilities, including a new brand home for Johnnie Walker in Edinburgh, and improved visitor centres at Caol Ila, plus Clynelish, Cardhu and Glenkinchie, representing regional styles present in Walker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt Caol Ila, a new visitor centre will be created in the distillery warehouse, including a footbridge entry, new car parking and a bar with views across the Sound of Islay to Jura.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Decadent Drinks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Decadent Drinks\" is the name of a Scottish independent bottler of fine spirits like whisky, rum, cognac, and wine, known for its fun, creative, and sometimes satirical approach to bottling, featuring original artwork on its labels and a range of products including its original Whisky Sponge brand and other brands like Whiskyland and Decadent Drams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-wiz-rootname=\"ohfaMd\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e51.8% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caol Ila","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54686746444101,"sku":"000420","price":569.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/9495\/8661\/files\/4709580756.jpg?v=1746546941","url":"https:\/\/b1yyjg-bk.myshopify.com\/products\/caol-ila-32-year-old-1992-decadent-drinks-whiskyland-chapter-five-single-cask-2024-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation Old","version":"1.0","type":"link"}