Caol Ila 1981 MM Aficionado

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Murray McDavid (MM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1981
Bottled Year	-
Age	13년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	59.8%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Creamy

Fruity

Vanilla

Dried Fruit

Honey

Citrus

Herbal

Spicy

Floral

Chocolate

Nutty

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

rather richer and hotter at first nosing, with even a little rum and bananas flambéed. Gets rather more medicinal after that but the peatiness is quite discreet yet again. Notes of warm brioche and vanilla custard… With water: always these hints of white rum but the rest is all on a ‘traditional’ coastal and sooty profile. Quite beautiful, especially if you like ‘smoky marzipan’ (yeah, should that exist)

restaurant Palate

bang! Powerful and very rich, candied, sweet, fruity… More peat than in the nose when neat but it’s still no peat monster. A little walnut liqueur and pineapple liqueur. This one is playful. With water: creamy, earthy and lemony peat. Big peat now, in fact – and bags of ashes

timer Finish

very long, zesty, very close to the BBR even if there’s less salt/brine in this one

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