The ancient peat bogs on Isle of Islay make its local Malts highly unique, pungent, piquant and layered with character, they hold a very special place in the pantheon of esoteric, international luxury liquors. Caol Ila are one of Islay's lighter, finer Malts, less reliant on the visceral smokeyness of the island's precious peats, more so on the manifold richness of evolved and effusive barley sugar complexity. Fifteen years in oak without a hint of fumy peatyness, its apricot florals and chewy pectins are underpinned by briny breezes of prevailing maritime savouryness.