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Caol Ila 1990 Blackadder Miniature

Lot: 5101607

Caol Ila 1990 Blackadder Miniature

Winning Bid: £19

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caol Ila
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
1990
Region: 
Islay
Bottler: 
Blackadder
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
43%
Bottle Size: 
5cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Caol Ila 1990 Blackadder Miniature

Caol Ila distillery was built in 1846 by Hector Henderson, who was bought out from the venture a little over 10 years 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. The Flora & Fauna release was well-regarded in the meantime, but it was independent releases like this that gave the best opportunity to sample this much-loved single malt.

Blackadder International were founded in 1995 by whisky writers, Robin Tucek and John Lamond, authors of the 1987 publication, The Malt Whisky File: The Essential Guide for the Malt Whisky Connoisseur. The company has gained great affection from whisky enthusiasts for its Raw Cask series, which is deliberately drawn un-filtered from the cask so as to retain all cask sediment along with any natural oils and fats. The company is credited with a key role in the popularisation of cask strength whiskies since its inception.

Caol Ila 1990 Vintage single malt matured in cask #2350 until bottling in 1998.

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