Caol Ila 1969 GM Connoisseurs Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice |
| Vintage | 1969 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | Brown Label |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Brown Label
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 황금빛이 잔 안에서 맑게 빛난다. 아일라의 쿨일라가 1969년 빚어 오래도록 숙성한 희귀한 보틀링으로, 부드러운 토탄 연기와 바닷내음, 레몬의 향이 또렷이 깃든다. 한 모금은 그을린 보리와 옅은 꿀, 마른 풀의 맛으로 매끄럽게 번지고, 40도의 낮은 도수가 더없이 유연하다. 반세기 가까운 세월이 남긴 잔잔한 훈연과 짭조름한 여운이 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
light amber
air Nose
going from post-reconstruction Caol Ila to the original distillery, with all its worm tubs, direct coal firing and floor maltings etc, is one of the most mind-tripping gear shifts in whisky I would wager. This is another world entirely. Wonderfully salty, leathery and gently tarry old style sherry with deeply herbal, drying and complex peat smoke. Ancient tar and herbal liqueurs, boot polish, walnut oils and aged cigars. Stunning combination of fruits, tars, herbs, embrocations, peat and sherry!
restaurant Palate
ever at 40% the peat is immediate and massive. Big, chewy, wonderfully drying, earthy, herbal and deeply 'organic' - I would say this is the definition of older style peat flavour that tended only to arrive in malt whisky via distillery floor maltings. I also find various smoked herbs, iodine drops, ancient herbal liqueurs such as Benedictine and yellow Chartreuse. Also even an impression of aged Drambuie with these wonderfully resinous salted honey and camphor notes. The kind of whisky that you could go on dissecting for ages, you dare not imagine what it must have been like at cask strength!
timer Finish
surprisingly long, thanks in no small way to this gorgeous and massive peat flavour. Black pepper, smoked fish, dried tarragon and smoky, salty walnut-imbued rancio