Caol Ila 1966 GM
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1966 |
| Bottled Year | 1985 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.2% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | printed in red |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
printed in red
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
full amber
air Nose
once again, there’s a lot of sherry and the malt itself isn’t totally there at first nosing. There’s rather a lot of oranges, sultanas and ham and little Caol Ila, but let’s wait… Right, it does start to grow and grow and grow, with some lemon liqueur, leather, clams and mussels, tarry ropes, parsley, camphor and eucalyptus… It seems that it’s one of these old style Caol Ilas that were more in the style of the south shore than more recent distillates. With water (with immense viscimetry ;-)): the spirit kills the cask. Extreme coastal profile, oysters, seaweed, kippers and tarry ropes. Kerosene
restaurant Palate
a monster attack, like a mix of cough syrup, heavy honey and plain limejuice. Quite extreme! Also tar and kippers but it’s all within the super-rich syrupy profile. This baby isn’t for fainthearted tasters. With water: cough syrup all over the place, plus heavy liquorice, orange marmalade, pepper, strong curry and mustard. Wow
timer Finish
long, extreme, with a liquoricy avalanche in the aftertaste (what?)
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