Spencer Collings Anniversary Caol Ila 2012 Marsala cask

Spencer Collings Anniversary Caol Ila 2012 Marsala cask

Name: Spencer Collings Anniversary Caol Ila 2012 Marsala cask
Brand: Spencer Collings
SKU: SPC-COL-2012-573
Price: 84.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

£84.95

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Key Facts About This Single Malt Scotch

Bottler: Spencer Collings

Whisky Maker: Mike Collings

Range: 50th Anniversary Collection

Distilleries: Caol Ila

Vintage: 2012

Region: Speyside, Scotland

Cask Type: Custom marsala cask

Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength at 57.3%

Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration

Bottle Size: 700ml

Outturn: 261 bottles

Caol Ila 2012 Tasting Notes

Nose: Everything Islay, and more. Salty enough to be pulled from the ocean. Peaty enough to be laying in the heather. Smokey enough to be fireside and Dunyvaig castle.

Palate: Smokey BBQ notes mingle with salty, peppery peat. Add a dollop of marsala sweetness and lingering sweet oak and we are in Islay heaven.

Finish: Sweet smokey BBQ lingers and keeps reminding you of this special whisky.

About this Spencer Collings Whisky

A beautiful single whisky to celebrate industry legend Mike Collings remarkable 50 years in the whisky industry. This particular release is a 2012 Caol Ila which Mike has aged in a custom-made marsala cask, before bottling at cask strength.

This is a whisky to be sipped, savoured and shared with special friends. Slainte.

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Spencer Collings Anniversary Caol Ila 2012 Marsala cask

£84.95

Meet the Founder

Mike Collings

Mike Collings could have retired with an incredible track record in whisky. He had created Johnnie Walker Blue & Green Labels, The Classic Malts, Rare Malts, Distillers Edition, Flora & Fauna series, Cardhu and Royal Lochnagar. That’s pretty good as far as CVs go.

He’s been working in whisky for 40 years. You couldn’t blame him for packing it in and putting his feet up. That would have been the sensible thing to do. But Mike is many things. Sensible isn’t one of them. Mike stirs the pot. He thinks about things differently and always asks: ‘what if …’

So, he found himself enjoying a few drams in a Tokyo bar thinking: what if I created a whisky that was unique on the single cask single malt market.

So he did. And it's Firkin awesome whisky.

Read our interview with Mike Read about Firkin Whisky Co