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
리필 호그스헤드에서 40년이라는 긴 세월을 보낸 시간이 카올 일라의 거친 이탄을 한없이 부드럽게 길들였다. 코에는 잦아든 훈연 위로 레몬과 바닷내, 옅은 왁스 향이 우아하게 겹친다. 입에서는 시트러스와 꿀의 단맛이 매끄럽게 흐르고, 51.3도의 힘 사이로 식어버린 모닥불 같은 연기가 은은하게 깔린다. 옅은 황금빛의 이 위스키는 소금기와 가벼운 재의 여운을 길고 섬세하게 남긴다.
AITasting 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