Bottle Profile
Type	Scotch Single Malts (Disclosed Distilleries)
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Official Bottling
Brand Name	Caol Ila
Alcohol By Volume	43%
Issued	2011*
Average Score	83

Maniac Ratings
Johannes van den Heuvel	81
Robert Karlsson	81
Konstantin Grigoriadis	78
Ho-cheng Yao	87
Krishna Nukala	86
Rich Howard	82
David Wankel	78
Oliver Klimek	82
Ralf Mitchell	93

Retired Maniac Ratings
Keith Wood	84

Tasting Notes
Robert Karlsson	Quite a bit of white smokiness. Although still a bit laid-back. Mandarins? Slight vanilla. Nice. Elegant? Young? Smokiness and some slightly sourly malty notes. Hm, easy to drink, of the simpler kind.
Rich Howard	a very creamy, herbal peat smoke on this one, a few green olives tossed in, with hints of orange creme, baked caramel and vanilla lurking. the palate is a bit less expressive and less impressive than the nose, and hits mostly with herbal peat, wet grass and sea water, and plenty of salty olives. a drop of water brings out cough drop herbs, still the salty green olives, and still the sweet cream and sweet vanilla. the palate is sweeter now, but even more diffuse, and still not as nice as the nose. summary: a fairly pleasant smoky and salty dram. if only the palate matched the nose... [tasted blind for the 2011 Awards]