Caol Ila 08-year-old TAC Hediard
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | The Antique Collection East Kilbride (TAC) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1994 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
deep amber
air Nose
lots of camphor and wax at first nosing. Burnt cake, crème brulee, light caramel, all very subtle. Some light pepper… It then gets quite restrained and somewhat closed after five minutes – strange. Then it opens up again after twenty minutes or so, on dried orange and fructose. Smokier and smokier, getting just a little dusty (cinnamon) light and delicate, with lots of sea air and bandages, but almost no peat or smoke. Perhaps the peat has just vanished? Lots of leather, vanilla, grilled nuts, old walnuts… Tons of ‘secondary’ aromas. How complex! Some great passion fruit and kiwi too
restaurant Palate
slow start, even a little weak, but then it grows on and on, on bunches of dried fruits, smoke, leather, chartreuse, tobacco. It then gets quite medicinal, with lots of camphor, bandages… The finish isn’t too long, but you feel like if you just had a spoonful of orange marmalade. A great oldie, very subtle and elegant, worth 93 points . Highland Park 1902 (Berry’s All Malt, bottled 1952 or 1953) The abv isn’t written on the label, but this one’s been analysed by the distillery itself, and it is 39.8% paraffin, water, dust, old turpentine, cold tea and very old sweet wine… Don’t get me wrong, it’s great, much more than just a curiosity! Medium long finish. A rating? Organoleptically: 86 points , but emotionally, certainly 99 or 100 points.The oldest malt I ever had. Champagne! (and thanks again, Luc). There are many more tasting notes of great oldies to come - stay tuned! MUSIC - Recommended listening: Hayden sings Home by Saturday (mp3). A broken, slightly out of tune voice but certainly a feeling and some nice arrangements. I like him. A lot. GIFTS - Seen on eBay, this old whisky miniature sheltered in a matchbox. The box is original. For any urgent need of fire? November 25, 2004 CONCERT REVIEWS by exa-deluxe guest writer Nick Morgan: STAN WEBB'S CHICKEN SHACK, JOHN MAYALL AND THE BLUESBREAKERS WITH MICK TAYLOR - London Hammersmith Apollo - November 16th THE BARCODES, WITH DANIEL SMITH AND SONNY BLACK - London, Landmark Arts Centre - November 19th When I was a young man, way back in the early 1970s, we used to make our own entertainment then – rather than turn to computer games and reality TV programmes. And Thursday night was our theatre of dreams – blues night at the Blues Attic. To tell the truth it wasn’t an attic, but rather the function room at the back of the Jolly Weavers – “weddings, funerals, bar-mitzvahs, blues attics…” - but for us, and for all those others at blues-attics across the UK, it was our induction into the soul of music. John 'Gandalf' Mayal
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