Caol Ila 1972 GM Connoisseurs Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice |
| Vintage | 1972 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | Old Map Label - Acquavite di Cereali - Gold Screw Cap |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Old Map Label - Acquavite di Cereali - Gold Screw Cap
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
such a different profile of peat than would come later in 1974, this is just much fatter, dirtier, oilier and far more organic with thick notes of dried herbs, hessian cloth, petrol and resinous fir wood. One of those aromas that really implies an impression of texture and breadth in the distillate. There’s also many marine influences with suggestions of coastal air, creel nets, tarred rope and black olives in brine. Wonderful, very old style and very particularly ‘old Caol Ila’ aroma
restaurant Palate
as so often with these batches, even at 40% and over three decades in glass, this remains huge whisky. Extremely tarry and oily, with a peat profile that manages to be both drying and extremely gelatinous at the same time. Old herbal cough medicines and liqueurs alongside salted liquorice and pure tar extract. I also find some dried exotic fruits and soy sauce. A rather majestic fusion of umami, smoky, medicinal and fruity
timer Finish
long, deep and drying peat smoke, with more dried fruits, salt cured fish, tar, black olive and old herbal medicines
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