Caol Ila 1983 SV Cask Strength Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1983 |
| Bottled Year | 2011 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
starts on a lot of coffee, which came unexpected. And I mean espresso. Then there's a subtle smokiness, and then a much more old-school peatiness that reminds me of some much older versions that were distilled in the 1960s. Fun! We're talking diesel oil, linseed oil, bandages, tar, cigar smoke… Then more fresh walnuts, apple peel, seaweed… Quite superb I must say. With water: hello, wet dogs! And more peat smoke, ashes, sea water, wet gravel, even antiseptic, ink…
restaurant Palate
surprising yet again! Starts very oily and sweet (barley sugar) but it's soon to get acrid (in a pleasant way), herbal and extremely phenolic and smoky. Did they use malt made for Ardbeg? (yeah, sure, in 1983… very early 1983 then!) With water: got earthy, rooty, almondy… Peated marzipan? Who's going to try to make that?
timer Finish
long, with rather more brine and touches of lemon