Caol Ila 1984 DR Individual Cask Bottling
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | A.D. Rattray (DR) |
| Bottling Series | Individual Cask Bottling |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 26년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Bourbon |
| Cask Number | 6266 |
| Bottles Released | 251 |
| ABV | 43.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 26년 리필 버번에서 온 부싯돌 같은 광물성과 왁스, 가죽의 뉘앙스가 먼저 명확하게 드러난다. 카올 일라답게 아몬드 시럽과 머스터드, 축축한 점토의 향이 뒤이어 절제된 방식으로 발전한다. 팰럿은 43.5도의 낮은 도수에도 레몬과 후추, 칠리처럼 날카롭고 오일리한 질감이 또렷이 전개된다. 오래 숙성한 아일라답게 스모크가 과하지 않고 미네랄과 밀랍이 구조를 단단히 잡는다. 여운은 왁스와 후추, 옅은 피트로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
completely different from the Dun Bheagan, bigger but certainly not less austere. Flinty, mustardy, leathery, waxy and very mineral, with these notes of damp clay and even a little sludge. Gets then superbly almondy, with huge notes of orgeat syrup (you don’t know what it is? Google it!) With water: as often, we go greener, more vegetal, farmier, more organic, but also more phenolic and even a tad tarry. Engine oil?
restaurant Palate
holy fudge! Probably one of the best 1981 Broras I ever tried. Magnificently sharp (like a blade, as they say), zesty, half-oily, half-lemony… If there’s one malt whisky that may remind me of my beloved Alsatian Rieslings, it’s this one. And pepper, and mustard, and chilli, and lime, and… With water: perfection. Medicinal. Peaty… Please call the anti-maltoporn brigade
timer Finish
long, astoundingly oily, waxy, peppery and peaty