Caol Ila 1979 SV Cask Strength Collection

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1979
Bottled Year	2008
Age	27년
Cask Type	Hogshead
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	61.4%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Smoky

Vanilla

Oaky

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Peaty

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Maritime

Herbal

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

more closed than both the OB and the Signatory at first nosing, more spirity. Develops on vegetal notes (grass, fir buds) and quite some wax, paraffin, fresh almonds and walnuts Nice notes of spring water and fresh mint. It does get much peatier after a good five minutes, the peatiest of the first three in fact. With water: tht doesn't quite work this time, no further developement except kind of a cardboardiness and a surprising fruitiness (golden delicious)

restaurant Palate

rather sharper and more lemony, more powerful but more austere. The saltiness is well here again. Quite some liquorice and pepper - something of Talisker. With water: it works now, the whisky opens up, getting very classsically 'CI'. Smokiness, salt, apples, marzipan, walnuts, oysters

timer Finish

long, slightly peppery and metallic But the whole is another very good old Caol Ila, still in the same league. 88 points . Caol Ila 1979/2006 (61.8%, Jean Boyer's Best Casks of Scotland)

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