Caol Ila 1990 DL XOP
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | XOP |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | DL 12536 |
| Bottles Released | 201 |
| ABV | 54.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 카올 일라다운 옅은 피트와 레몬, 바다소금이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 리필 호그스헤드라 우드는 절제됐고 54.8도의 팰럿은 단단하며 훈연과 시트러스, 바닐라, 미네랄이 또렷이 발전한다. 28년의 긴 숙성이 피트를 부드럽게 다듬어 깔끔한 연기 위로 폴리시드 우드가 올라오고, 피니시는 마른 재와 시트러스가 길게 이어진다. 더글러스 레잉이 병입한 이 XOP는 장기 숙성된 카올 일라의 정제된 균형이 핵심이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
we’re in some kind of halfway house between the early 80s style and the mid-90s. A very attractive mix of petrol, tautly structured minerality, pink sea salt, pine cones, sandalwood and more tertiary aromas of hessian, camphor, oily rags and rope. There are wee moments where it could almost be a 1990 Ardbeg with these oily and tarry aspects. I find it quite elegant, subtle and impressively complex. With water: saltier and showing a greater degree of precision and purity now. Also with these meaty notes of pork scratching, frying pancetta and something like smoked olive oil and ink
restaurant Palate
wonderfully intense oiliness. Glisteningly tarry, mentholated, herbal, sooty and showing this almost waxy peaty quality. Some kind of salty, aged mead, heather ales, pine resins, putty, seawater cut with petrol and pickle brine. Beautifully concentrated, textural and direct but never losing this sense of captivating complexity. With water: salty butter with chopped green herbs, anchovy paste, langoustines, fabrics, lanolin, seashells and hints of iodine and herbal mouthwash
timer Finish
long, limey, lightly ashy and showing hints of raw ingredients like sourdough, smoked cereals and smoky wort. This very lovely briny and lemony aftertaste lingers with notes of smoked teas