Caol Ila 1982 Casks Of Distinction
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Casks of Distinction |
| Vintage | 1982 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | European Oak |
| Cask Number | 0043 |
| Bottles Released | 300 |
| ABV | 57.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 짙은 호박빛이 잔 벽을 타고 느리게 흘러내린다. 코를 가까이 하면 쿨일라 특유의 그을린 연기 위로 셰리의 마른 과일이 겹쳐 다가온다. 한 모금 머금으면 유러피언 오크가 빚은 진한 단맛이 부드러운 훈연을 타고 혀 위로 차오른다. 입에 굴리면 57.1도의 힘 속에서 기름진 질감과 바다내음이 균형을 잡는다. 35년 숙성이 거친 피트를 다듬어 셰리와 스모크가 우아하게 맞물린다. 삼킨 자리에 그을린 단맛과 건포도의 여운이 천천히 번지며 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
what’s great is that even so many years later these rather chiselled and pure Caol Ila qualities remain not only present but vibrant and direct. Only here there’s an extra layer of coastal complexity, time has also added some distance and a rather deep and elegant nuance. Smoked sea salts, grassy olive oil, gentle medical embrocations, green tea with lemon, bergamot and a rather prickly white pepper note. Typically excellent! With water: a lovely and very easy smoky / cereal combination. Mineral salts, dried seaweed and something like smoked wildflowers
restaurant Palate
pretty powerful and punchy. Raw salinity, sheep wool, various mechanical oils, mineral oil, green peppercorns, smoked teas, hot paprika, lime zest and raw shellfish. Some kind of extremely fresh ceviche perhaps. A rather brittle and pure peatiness with touches of lamp oil and camphor. With water: this lovely oiliness is enhanced and becomes more enveloping and textural. Lots of lemon cough medicines, citrus infused oils and syrups. Also quite a few dried herbs such as verbena, parsley and bay leaf. Some big notes of hessian too
timer Finish
long and rather drying, ashy, herbal, lightly briny, some sharper lemon juice notes and very pleasant warming peatiness