Big hitter tasting day with today being a day off work for me. Nose - right off the bat it's clear islay peat, light smoke but very clean. With vanilla and lactose undertones driving a sweetness. Very nice but nothing spectacular. After about 10 minutes in the glass I'm starting to get some wine sweetness coming off. Overall impression is that this is a heavily sweet malty bastard with a nice smoke over tone. Really right up my wheel house. Taste - Oh that Amoroso cask is CRAZY on here. I've never had amoroso so I don't know much about it, but I'm getting all kinds of red wine and sugary sweetness on this one. There's a huge amount of peat on the finish with a nice long lingering finish there I get some peat bitterness. Wonderful pour and I only wish I had more of it. Overall I'm scoring this one a solid 3.25. An absolute buy if you can get it for a fair price.
3.78
About this bottle
Caol Ila 16 Year Fèis Ìle 2020 is the limited edition release for the Islay Festival. Although this year's festival was cancelled, the brand had a virtual festival and decided to still put forth a bottling. This release was aged for 16 years, first in refill and then finished in amoroso sherry-seasoned hogsheads. Only 3000 bottles produced.
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dhsilv2
3.3
Nirmalkm
3.3
SWEET. lemony and sweet throughout
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