Caol Ila 1981 DT Rare Auld

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Duncan Taylor (DT)
Bottling Series	Rare Auld
Vintage	1981
Bottled Year	2008
Age	29년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	2932
Bottles Released	502
ABV	47.4%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Smoky

Vanilla

Dried Fruit

Peaty

Fruity

Honey

Oaky

Creamy

Citrus

Maritime

Spicy

Floral

Nutty

Herbal

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

a very nice nose, with the peat starting to shade-off so to speak and new aromas starting to appear. ‘Old’ putty and turpentine, for example, pine sap, old chimney, tarry rope… It’s also quite briny. Touches of tangerines in the background. Very nice nose, really complex this time

restaurant Palate

superb half-salty, half-lemony attack, very zesty, zingy… The peat roars in the background, it’s not as ‘pleasantly faded’ as in the nose. Quite some pepper too. Let’s see what water will do to this baby… With water: excellent, it resembles the nose now. Old cough syrup, herbs liqueurs, salmiak (ahem, soft salmiak)… Very good

timer Finish

long, resinous, ashy as often, with touches of cardamom in the aftertaste

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