Caol Ila 1979 JW Old Train Line

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Jack Wiebers Whisky World (JW)
Bottling Series	Old Train Line
Vintage	1979
Bottled Year	2008
Age	27년
Cask Type	Bourbon Cask
Cask Number	0629
Bottles Released	261
ABV	58.1%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

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Flavor Profile

Smoky

Vanilla

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Spicy

Citrus

Dried Fruit

Nutty

Herbal

Floral

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

gold – amber

air Nose

this is very different, there’s quite some sherry in there. Starts on lots of flint stones, then we have the sherry itself (quite dry, Smyrna raisins and bitter chocolate) mingling with a rather massive smokiness and hints of camphor and iodine. Another case where sherry and peat are really holding hands and don’t fight each other. Very elegant I must say, with also a little mint coming through after a while. Also notes of pu-erh tea, which is always good news, and a discrete rubber. With water: it gets wilder, much more farmy and peaty, the sherry sort of beating a retreat – to the point where it almost smells like bourbon-matured Caol Ila. Very interesting and very ‘funny’

restaurant Palate

powerful, probably more sherried than on the nose, creamy, oily, almost ‘spoonable’. It somewhat reminds me of some Sauternes-finished peat monsters – the few very good ones, that is. (No, I’m not suggesting you can achieve the same results generally speaking!) With water: not a lot of difference I must say. Smoked and peppered sweet fruits (yellow peaches, apricots, hints of pineapples). Always quite sweet, especially at the rather long finish. Classy stuff even if there’s probably a little more happening on the (dry) nose than on the (sweet) palate. An unusual but effective ‘partnership’ between Caol Ila and the sherry. 90 points . Caol Ila 27 yo 1979/2006 (58.1%, JWWW Old Train Line, cask #2442, 200 bottles)

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