Caol Ila 1981 GM Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 1996 |
| Age | 34년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | 2081 - 2086 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.0% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
more American oak interaction, which the colour already suggested. Wee touches of grated coconut at very first nosing, then a rather monolithic (not in the bad sense of the word) development, on peat smoke, camphor, and… wait wait wait, many small herbs are coming out and even blossoming, this is ravishing. Wee mints, chives, coriander, some eucalyptus, myrtle… A whole scrub somewhere near the Mediterranean. With water: gets almost delicate, with some soft mint and some liquorice, plus touches of cellulosic varnish
restaurant Palate
the highest impact, and that’s not only the higher strength. Straight lemony peat, lemon curd, salted mint water, and ‘ideas’ of tropical fruits, most probably from the oak. It was a very good hoggie. With water: more lemon, and some brine, and of course some smoke, some oysters, some pepper… As often at G&M’s, the whisky’s got very cloudy once reduced. As if they hadn’t used any filters at all
timer Finish
long, rather massive. A little more oak than in the others – more active indeed
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