Caol Ila 1990 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | Batch 19/139 |
| Bottles Released | 148 |
| ABV | 49.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 쿨일라 특유의 잔잔한 피트 연기와 레몬, 바닷내음이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 고든 앤 맥페일이 1990년 빈티지를 28년 숙성한 이 위스키는 49.6도에서 향이 깊고 또렷하게 발전한다. 팰럿은 그을린 미네랄과 시트러스, 바닐라가 주도하며 오래된 오크의 부드러운 단맛이 받친다. 피니시는 은은한 연기와 소금기가 길게 이어지고, 장기 숙성 아일라 몰트다운 섬세한 구조감이 단단하게 잡힌 28년 보틀링이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
mind you, this is 25 or 26 years of age, and the whole got milder and softer, as expected. Some kind of smoky butter cream, orange sherbet, oh and one green olive again (I am not joking), faint whiffs of cow dung, and then rather smoked almonds. Tinned gherkins, perhaps. No complains so far
restaurant Palate
yes, and yet another eighty-niner or thereabouts, I’m almost sure. Not very easy at first sips, because of some kind of burnt herbs, but the development is perfect, rather tenser than expected, with a mineral, Sancerre-y side that’s always a hit at WF Towers. A wee feeling of smoked butter, as often in older Caol Ilas (I think)
timer Finish
long, with a little candy sugar this time, but it remains perfectly dry and sharp and clean. Some bitter chocolate in the aftertaste