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23rd May 2014 |
Diageo
announce the 2014 Feis Ile
special bottlings from Lagavulin & Caol
Ila.
 To
mark this year’s Islay Festival of Malt
& Music, Lagavulin and Caol Ila
Distilleries have now announced details
of their special Festival natural cask
strength bottlings available only to
visitors.
The Caol Ila special bottling was
personally selected by David Wood, Caol
Ila Distillery Manager. It was distilled
in 2002 and has been matured in Refill
American Oak Hogsheads. It has been
bottled at 55.5% ABV in an edition of
1,500 bottles.
The Lagavulin bottling is drawn from
casks filled in January 1995. Matured in
European Oak Sherry Butts, the liquid
was personally selected by Lagavulin
warehouseman Iain McArthur. At 54.7% ABV,
it comes in an edition of 3,500 bottles.
Both whiskies are priced at £99 per
bottle. Sales are limited to two bottles
per personal visitor.
Georgie Crawford commented:
"Once again we are pleased to be able to
present two very appealing and
exceptional whiskies from Lagavulin and
Caol Ila.
"The Festival gets stronger and better
every year, and all of us at Lagavulin
and Caol Ila Distilleries hope that this
year’s special Fèis bottlings, and those
offered by other distilleries on this
wonderful island, will add to the
delight of those visitors who come to
celebrate Islay’s great whiskies and
whisky-making traditions with us during
the Fèis."
Diageo asks Fèis visitors to consume
their whiskies responsibly.
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Caol Ila Feis Ile 2014 Tasting Notes
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David Wood,
Caol Ila Distillery Managers Tasting Notes:
Nose: Soft, elegant, vanilla, sea
breeze, touch of smoke, meadow flowers.
Taste: Developing peat smoke, spice, vanilla. Citrus fruits.
Typical Caol Ila character. Oily and
acidic.
Finish: Exceedingly long. Smoke lingers as the vanilla and
sea breeze fades.
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Lagavulin Feis Ile 2014
Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
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Georgie
Crawford, Lagavulin Distillery Manager Tasting Notes:
Nose: Neat the initial nose is
boat tar and peat ash balanced out with
spicy sweet stewed apples. Water
releases some star anise and sweeter
wood smoke.
Taste: Without water there is hot ash up front smoothing away
to reveal hints of marzipan. Water
brings out a sharp sweetness of floral
perfume.
Finish: Long, initially hot and dry with sweetness
developing. A good lingering Lagavulin
with plenty of damp wood and peat ash in
the finish.
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