Caol Ila 1969 GM
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1969 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.6% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | Trapezoidal Shape Map Label - Acquavite di Cereali |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Trapezoidal Shape Map Label - Acquavite di Cereali
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Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
Jesus, I didn’t know such an old bottling could be so spirity and rough, even if it does settle down after a few minutes of careful breathing (me, not the whisky). All sorts of wet things, clothes, papers, animals, plants… Then a lot of thyme and parsley, a little smoke, capers (serious), even gherkins, lemon juice, hints of vinegar, sauvignon blanc, tincture of iodine, mercurochrome… Highly unusual, let’s see what happens with water. With water: It doesn’t get any calmer, rather more organic and kippery. Lemon-sprinkled kippers, that’s it
restaurant Palate
really explosive! Lime juice and lemon juice with a good dose of smoke. Seriously, it’s like a peated lemon juice. With water: superb. Lemon marmalade, peat, rhubarb jam, smoked fish, ashes, limejuice, hints of lemon balm, quite some salt…
timer Finish
long, lemony, ashy and maybe slightly mouldy in a certain way. Fits it well. Wet closes