Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 year later by Bulloch Lade. The blending firm merged with DCL (now Diageo) in 1927, who still run the distillery today. In 1972 the original site was demolished and replaced by a new one. When distilling resumed in 1974, Caol Ila was the largest producer of single malt on the Isle of Islay. Despite this, due to its importance in popular blends such as Johnnie Walker, its single malt brand disappeared under United Distillers, and it was not until 2002 that it would return, when the 12 year old was revived by Diageo.
This is another excellent bottling from The Whisky Cellar. Distilled in 2012. Matured in a sherry hogshead before being finished in a Madeira Wine Barrique and then bottled in 2021. This is a single cask bottling from cask number 325887, yielding 201 bottles at a natural cask strength of 56.2% ABV.
700ml Uncoloured and Non-Chillfiltered.
This bottle is from a private seller and has been stored with us in our temperature controlled warehouse.