Caol Ila 1990 IM Chieftain's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | Chieftain's Choice |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | Chateau La Nerthe Finish |
| Cask Number | 90911 + 12 |
| Bottles Released | 672 |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale straw
air Nose
pure peat. Very smoky, not nothing else. Gets just a little vegetal
restaurant Palate
quite nice smoke, but very few fruit and it's quite unbalanced and mono-dimensional. In that case, there's too much peat
timer Finish
long, on the smoke and pepper. Not especially bad, but again, I'm not sure that just peating a lot any malt does work. When compared with the evening's benchmark malt (Ardbeg 1975/2000 OB), it's even more obvious. Ratings: OH, 80 points, SV, 79 points . My guesses: 1. Caol Ila, 2: Ledaig, 3: - Comments by Olivier: Yep, brutal pungent monolithic peat, more like wet grass burning. Young and aggressive. Caol Ila, some young peaty Jura,.. Answer by Johannes: The horrible truth about Blind #21: Caol Ila 12 yo 1990/2002 (43%, McGibbon’s Provenance Winter/Winter) . Congrats! Both of you got this the first time around. My score was 73. For an Caol Ila I thought it was sub-standard. Blind #22