Caol Ila 2007 9 Year Exclusive (Gordon & MacPhail) BC Merchants

This is the 2008 edition but its excellent, what a rare thrilling treat

Nose: dense fog, date and caramel. Light pepper and lemon with the Caol ila malty note. Taste: dense sherry fig with caramel, vanilla, honey. The peat is in the finish but barely there. Presents as a burnt rosemary floral note. Water opens up the general Caol ila profile with the sherry in the background as figs and a bit of a sour taste.

Smoke and lemon drops On the nose there is rich tarry iodine peat. Deeper is lemon and citrus, hints of tropical fruit Taste reveals an oily body, a simultaneous flavor of smoke, caramel sweetness, and bright citrus that subsides to a gentle and sweet smoky long finish long with peat smoke, iodine, caramel, wood smoke, and some residual citrus