The distillery is located north of Port Askaig on the island of Islay, right on the Islay Sound. It was built in 1846 and, since 1974, has featured a completely rebuilt stillhouse that was expanded to include six stills. The distillery, which offers a wonderful view of the island of Jura, is now owned by Diageo. Caol Ila is a prime example of a \u201cworkhorse\u201d distillery that primarily produces whisky for blends\u2014in this case, for Johnnie Walker. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This single malt comes from the renowned Caol Ila Distillery and was curated by the long-established firm Gordon & MacPhail for the exclusive \u201cSpirit of Scotland\u201d series. Stuart Urquhart personally selected a first-fill sherry hogshead for this release, in which the distillate has been allowed to develop its exceptional complexity since 2012. Bottled in 2026, the whiskey is presented in its purest form: unfiltered at cold temperatures and in its natural color, drawn directly from the cask into the bottle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":183493,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2350,2258,2941,2851,2508,10242,2204,2276,2170],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-183524","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-caol-ila-en","product_cat-distilleries-en","product_cat-gordon-and-macphail-en","product_cat-independent-bottlers","product_cat-islay-en","product_cat-regions","product_cat-scotland-en","product_cat-single-malt-en","product_cat-whisky-en","pa_bottling_date-15357","pa_cask_type-first-fill-sherry-hogshead-en","pa_country-schottland-en-2","pa_destillation_age-14-en","pa_destillation_date-2012-en-2","pa_region-islay-en","pa_whisky_bottler-gordon-macphail-en","pa_whisky_bottler_series-spirit-of-scotland","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n