Caol Ila 1991 SV Vintage Collection

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1991
Bottled Year	2002
Age	12년
Cask Type	Oak Casks
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	43.0%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Oaky

Sweet

Spicy

Vanilla

Honey

Citrus

Fruity

Creamy

Dried Fruit

Floral

Nutty

Herbal

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

an extremely unusual Caol Ila! Starts kind of ‘unpeated’ and rather on various kinds of plants and herbs (hard to pin down – maybe patchouli, coriander, dried flowers…) and gets then very ‘coastal’, with big whiffs of sea air, ‘plate of oysters’, wet rocks, plain seawater, iodine, kelp… Prototypical coastal whisky, ‘beyond peat’ unexpectedly punchy and very medicinal. Tincture of iodine, mercurochrome, very fresh almonds, soot, cold ashes and a little lemon juice

restaurant Palate

much, big at this stage! Huge saltiness again, a lot of peat, quite some lemon, various ‘resinous’ herbs and oils, a lot of pepper… And then everything maritime again. Oysters, smoked fish, salt, then more pepper, more salt, even a little mustard… It’s really a big peaty whisky at just 43% nervous, fresh and lemony, just a tad acidic (yoghurt). Fine peatiness. Long finish on fresh almonds. Maybe a little less ‘big Islay’ than the Caol Ilas that were distilled right before the distillery got reconstructed (such as the the 1966s, 1968s or 1969s) and in that sense closer to the current production

timer Finish

long, spicier (wasabi), ultra-dry…

Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this whisky!