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
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
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