Caol Ila, Macallan & Springbank New Arrivals From Edencroft!

Springbank / 16 Year Old Single Cask / 2016 Release

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Campbeltown.
Unit: 70cl.
ABV: 54.2%
Age: 16 Year Old.
Distilled: April 2000.
Bottled: April 2016.
Cask Type: Fresh Sherry Butt.
Number of bottles: 540
Nose: Dark fruits. Prunes, dates, roasted nuts, walnuts and raisins and dunnage warehouse.
Palate: Lots of sherry influence. Fairly nutty as the nose suggests. Barbecue smoke, coastal/salty with traces of spent matches.
Finish: Dry with hints of cinnamon and very moreish!

Caol Ila / Cadenhead's 31 year old Islay London Special Edition 1984

Summary: Country/Region: Scotland/Islay.
Unit: 70cl
ABV: 54.3%
Age: 31 Years Old.
Bottler: Cadenhead's
Bottles Filled: 168
Nose: Sweetly mineral with mini-marshmallows and chardonnay. Cut red cherries, refreshers, bright boiled sweets, peach stone and acrylic paint left to set in the pot (I'm cast back to my younger years painting Citadel miniatures). With time, that deep, old Islay funk starts to reassert itself – sweet, dirty and juicy. I tried this first a few days ago at the Cadenheads tasting for the 20 year anniversary of the London shop and what struck me then was how damn juicy everything was (and everything was old), and this is no exception.
Body: Gentle, sweet, juicy and fresh. Yet oaked, musky, acrylic and spicy. Perfectly poised. Some fetid peat. Extraordinarily drinkable.
Finish: Long, robust and dusty. Retronasal mango and cobnuts.
What's not good about it: Nothing.
What's good about it: Beautiful, fresh, elegant and very fruity. Bold, structured and definitely a Scotch, and most certainly an old Islay.
Tasting Notes: Bens Whisky Blog.