Caol Ila 1974 SV The Prestonfield
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | The Prestonfield |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
아일라 북동부의 차가운 해협 바람이 카올 일라의 연기와 바다 내음을 빚어낸다. 1974년 증류해 18년을 보낸 이 위스키는 옅은 황금빛을 띤다. 오래된 토탄 연기가 부드럽게 가라앉아 코에는 훈제 향과 레몬, 굴 같은 바다 미네랄이 어우러진다. 43도의 부드러운 입에서는 재 묻은 단맛과 후추, 짭조름한 기운이 가볍게 번지고, 마른 연기와 소금기가 여운에 오래 감돈다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
what I’ve always enjoyed about the 18 is that is walks an entertaining tightrope between the younger, more chiselled style of Caol Ila, and these older, more elegant styles full of coastal complexity, medicine and citrus teas. This one leans more to the latter side of things, Green tea with lemon, soot, pine cones, roof pitch, chalk, wet beach pebbles, camphor and green olives. It’s gentle and settled with a kind if undulating medicinal quality and wafts of plain light peat smoke
restaurant Palate
superb opening on seawater, cooking oils, herbal teas, saline broths, umami paste, various shades of olive and medical tinctures. The texture is perhaps a tad on the light footed side, but the flavours are precise and rather beautiful. In time there’s hints of green pepper and nettle tea as well, some lemon rind too. Give it time and the power really starts to increase. Wonderful!
timer Finish
long, lemony, oily, heathery, medical and herbal