Caledonian 1974 HL The Sovereign
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caledonian |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | The Sovereign |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 41년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | HL 11836 |
| Bottles Released | 200 |
| ABV | 50.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Lowlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가까이 하면 41년이라는 이례적인 숙성을 거친 캘리도니언의 부드러운 바닐라와 코코넛 향이 명확하게 드러난다. 1974년 로우랜드에서 빚어진 이 보틀링은 오랜 시간 오크와 교감하며 토피와 꿀, 잘 익은 배의 향으로 발전한다. 팰럿은 50.2도임에도 매끄럽게 흘러가고 캐러멜과 버터스카치, 가벼운 떡갈나무 풍미가 두드러진다. 피니시는 은은한 단맛과 함께 길게 이어지며 미세한 향신료가 남는다. 사라진 증류소의 오랜 숙성이 빚어낸 균형이 단단하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
mango cake covered with maple syrup. Some white chocolate and some honey. No roughness and no excessive woodiness, and above all no dull vanilla/coco. With water: fresh hazelnuts and almonds, plus a little tar, unusual in grain whisky. Really very nice
restaurant Palate
some syrup, some cocktail! Blood orange juice with some Sauternes and honeydew, with a wee sappy side and lovely hints of mirabelle jam. And once again, no oaky stuff that gets in your way, even after all these years. With water: ooh careful, it tends not to swim too well. The tar that we got in the nose became ‘new plastic’ on the palate. In very minimal quantities, thank god. What’s better is this orange-y side
timer Finish
medium, rather more akin to some middle-aged sweet chenin. Say Quart-de-Chaume?