Caol Ila 1993 SMWS 53.52 Tar and seaweed

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1993
Bottled Year	-
Age	7년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	60.2%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Spicy

Oaky

Sweet

Vanilla

Herbal

Honey

Citrus

Fruity

Creamy

Floral

Nutty

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

straw

air Nose

very powerful as expected, with some big, bold farmy notes. Lots of manure, wet hay… Getting then astonishingly meaty for a Coal Ila, mainly on smoked ham. Also dry seaweed, balsamic vinegar… It then calms down, switching to caramel sauce and fresh oranges, before it gets more ‘frankly’ smoky, peaty, on burning beech, with also a little apple juice and whiffs of paraffin and diesel oil. Complex, with a long development. I like it very much

restaurant Palate

very strong and extremely salty and herbal. Ouch, what a beast! Lots of dried herbs (thyme, parsley, bay leaf). Very little sweetness if any. It gets very bitter (chlorophyll, propolis, herb liqueurs like Jägermeister). Lots of liquorice roots as well, tea… Highly reduced meat sauce. It reminds me the strange stuff we were used to (forced to) drink when I was a boy scout. Like coffee plus mustard plus salt. You never forget that. Anyway, let’s add a few drops of water now, perhaps it’ll become ‘easier’. Hmmm, no, it gets just a bit duller but there’s no significant improvement. The finish is very long but, you guessed it, very bitter and quite mustardy. Well, it’s note an easy one, that’s for sure. For lovers of extreme malts only – but the nose was a thrill. 84 points . Caol Ila 1993/2005 (59.9%, Adelphi, cask #6779)

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