Caol Ila 1979 SV Cask Strength Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | Cask Strength Collection |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
well, this one smells even more ‘porridgy’ than the official 10 yo . Hard to imagine a malt that’s closer to soaked grains, baby’s cereal, cooked yoghurt, wet cardboard and mashed potatoes. Okay, add to that a little vanilla and traces of wood and that’s it
restaurant Palate
just in the same style, with also something sugarish and maybe hints of kirsch and molasses. Long but grainy and sugary finish, as expected. It is to be wondered how old this cask was prior to filling, but it’s quite interesting to try a very immature, yet not too young malt. A curiosity. 70 points . MUSIC – Recommended listening: jazz? Classical? What's sure is that it's very good, it's Japan's Toshiko Akiyoshi playing a slice of Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci.mp3 on the piano... And so it swings... Please buy Toshiko's music! November 17, 2006 TASTING - FOUR NEW OLD (and consistent) CAOL ILAS Caol Ila 25 yo 1979/2006 (58.4%, OB, 6000 bottles) I think this was the second version of the official 25 yo