Caol Ila 1984 LMDW Artist #15 Something In The Water
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | La Maison du Whisky (LMDW) |
| Bottling Series | Artist #15 Something In The Water |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2025 |
| Age | 40년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 8484006286 |
| Bottles Released | 99 |
| ABV | 51.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | Something in the water |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Something in the water
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
bronze gold. A nail? A patch?
air Nose
imagine a box of assorted fruit jellies and Turkish delights, some delicately smoked. Quince comes first, then fig, minty marzipan, followed by very floral hay and a few touches of patchouli. This is all infinite refinement and delicacy, and that’s not a polite euphemism to suggest it’s a bit muted—quite the opposite. With water: we dive into vegetal, coastal earth with abandon and delight (really)
restaurant Palate
Provençal herbs coated in olive oil, a faint metallic edge that might be a by-product of the colour (inverted synaesthesia in action?) and a rather stunning herbal profile, somewhere between artisanal absinthe (from the Val-de-Travers, naturally) and green Chartreuse this time. Nothing here is quite normal, but it’s all rather marvellous. And brine, naturally. With water: it could almost be an old bottle as much as an old malt; one might even speak of OBE-like flavours after just a few months. We continue to drift along sea herbs
timer Finish
not very long, but wonderfully herbal, camphory and minty, very much in line with the old liqueurs mentioned above
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