Caol Ila 1984 MM Mission Gold
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | Mission Gold |
| Vintage | 1984 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon / Grenache Rouge Enhanced in Vin de Natural Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 582 |
| ABV | 54.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
starts nicely dry, smoky, tarry, with also quite some lemon juice and cider apples. Great notes of wet leaves, garden bonfire, humus. Quite earthy, definitely, and I like that. Also wet ashes, tea with lemon, hints of nougat... What’s more, the balance is perfect here. Finishes with whiffs of heating oil and camphor
restaurant Palate
oily, sweet, candied, ‘at perfect drinking strength’, developing on lemon pie, crystallised citrons and quinces as well as soft liquorice. Very elegant and balanced smokiness. Gets saltier after a while, with hints of kippers and smoked salmon. Excellent bitterness (half resinous, half grassy)
timer Finish
rather long, smooth but still candied, lemony and smoky, with also a little mint now as well as a faint saltiness. Aftertaste on salted liquorice. Excellent Caol Ila if you ask me, perhaps not the most complex of malts but extremely drinkable. 89 points. Caol Ila 22 yo 1984/2006 (54.1%, Murray McDavid, enhanced in Grenache Rouge - Vin de Natural cask, 567 bottles) I believe ‘Vin de Natural’ does not exist, and that it should rather be ‘Vin Doux Naturel’, a rather misleading appellation meaning sweet wine that got ‘muted’ with alcohol, which many people do with grenache or muscat in the South of France. A sweet and funny typo on this label, maybe it’ll make this bottle very collectable?