Caol Ila 1993 AD
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Adelphi (AD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Bottled Year | 2005 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | 6797 |
| Bottles Released | 266 |
| ABV | 60.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 볏짚빛이 잔 벽을 타고 맑게 흘러내린다. 코를 대면 강렬한 피트 연기와 농장의 흙내, 마른 건초와 훈제 햄의 짙은 향이 밀려오고 해초와 발사믹의 시큼함이 뒤따른다. 한 모금 머금으면 소금기와 말린 허브, 감초 뿌리의 쓴맛이 거칠고 강하게 번진다. 아델피가 병입한 카올 일라 1993은 60도의 힘으로 아일라 몰트의 야성을 극단까지 밀어붙인다. 여운은 길지만 쌉쌀한 허브와 훈연이 진하게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
very powerful as expected, with some big, bold farmy notes. Lots of manure, wet hay… Getting then astonishingly meaty for a Coal Ila, mainly on smoked ham. Also dry seaweed, balsamic vinegar… It then calms down, switching to caramel sauce and fresh oranges, before it gets more ‘frankly’ smoky, peaty, on burning beech, with also a little apple juice and whiffs of paraffin and diesel oil. Complex, with a long development. I like it very much
restaurant Palate
very strong and extremely salty and herbal. Ouch, what a beast! Lots of dried herbs (thyme, parsley, bay leaf). Very little sweetness if any. It gets very bitter (chlorophyll, propolis, herb liqueurs like Jägermeister). Lots of liquorice roots as well, tea… Highly reduced meat sauce. It reminds me the strange stuff we were used to (forced to) drink when I was a boy scout. Like coffee plus mustard plus salt. You never forget that. Anyway, let’s add a few drops of water now, perhaps it’ll become ‘easier’. Hmmm, no, it gets just a bit duller but there’s no significant improvement. The finish is very long but, you guessed it, very bitter and quite mustardy. Well, it’s note an easy one, that’s for sure. For lovers of extreme malts only – but the nose was a thrill. 84 points . Caol Ila 1993/2005 (59.9%, Adelphi, cask #6779)