Archives Fishes of Samoa Caol Ila 12 Year Old 2007 Hogshead 57.4% ABV

Archives Caol Ila 2007 is a 12 year old Islay single malt from the independent bottling label Archives. Distilled at Caol Ila in 2007 and matured in a hogshead, it was bottled at 57.4% ABV in a 700ml bottle as part of the Fishes of Samoa series, whose labels reproduce historic fish illustrations; this one shows a porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) taken from a natural-history book published more than 200 years ago. A youthful, full-strength expression of Caol Ila's coastal, peaty style.

Serve: Neat, then with a few drops of water.