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sCask: Oloroso Sherry Finish

One of only 275 bottles

This is the 3rd of a series of sherried Caol Ila 2006 casks that Finn Thomson have bottled. This the oldest of the 3 at 18 years old. It has evolved into an incredibly smooth and balanced peated whisky. The oloroso sherry finish has added layers of sweetness and fruit to combine with the underlying smoke from the distillery.

Caol Ila has a reputation for being Scotland's most reliable distillery for producing consistently high quality whisky/ While it works brilliantly in all different cask types, for Finn Thomson it is at its best matched with a sherry cask. The sherry influence works beautifully with the underlying fruity flavours of the Caol Ila spirit while the addition of sweetness balances out the smokiness. The final result is a delicate and balanced peated whisky - a far cry from some of Islay's other malts where the peat flavour is more prominent. Instead this is a sophisticsated dram that combines flavours of peat and sherry perfectly.