Caol Ila 1981 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 36년 |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | Batch 18/103 |
| Bottles Released | 201 |
| ABV | 60.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 북동 해안, 주라 해협을 마주한 쿨일라는 맑고 산뜻한 피트로 알려진 증류소로, 리필 호그스헤드에서 36년을 보낸 이 1981 빈티지는 그 개성이 한층 정제된 모습이다. 잔에는 옅은 황금빛이 감돌고, 코에는 부드러운 모닥불 연기와 레몬, 바다 소금이 섬세하게 솟는다. 60.2도의 힘에도 입안에는 절제된 피트와 시트러스, 미네랄이 우아하게 번진다. 오랜 여운은 옅은 재와 짭조름한 소금기가 길고 맑게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
rather richer and hotter at first nosing, with even a little rum and bananas flambéed. Gets rather more medicinal after that but the peatiness is quite discreet yet again. Notes of warm brioche and vanilla custard… With water: always these hints of white rum but the rest is all on a ‘traditional’ coastal and sooty profile. Quite beautiful, especially if you like ‘smoky marzipan’ (yeah, should that exist)
restaurant Palate
bang! Powerful and very rich, candied, sweet, fruity… More peat than in the nose when neat but it’s still no peat monster. A little walnut liqueur and pineapple liqueur. This one is playful. With water: creamy, earthy and lemony peat. Big peat now, in fact – and bags of ashes
timer Finish
very long, zesty, very close to the BBR even if there’s less salt/brine in this one