Caol Ila 1984 VM The Cooper's Choice

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	The Vintage Malt Whisky Co Ltd. (VM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1984
Bottled Year	2008
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

Oaky

Sweet

Maritime

Fruity

Vanilla

Honey

Spicy

Nutty

Citrus

Dried Fruit

Creamy

Herbal

Chocolate

Floral

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

completely different from the Dun Bheagan, bigger but certainly not less austere. Flinty, mustardy, leathery, waxy and very mineral, with these notes of damp clay and even a little sludge. Gets then superbly almondy, with huge notes of orgeat syrup (you don’t know what it is? Google it!) With water: as often, we go greener, more vegetal, farmier, more organic, but also more phenolic and even a tad tarry. Engine oil?

restaurant Palate

holy fudge! Probably one of the best 1981 Broras I ever tried. Magnificently sharp (like a blade, as they say), zesty, half-oily, half-lemony… If there’s one malt whisky that may remind me of my beloved Alsatian Rieslings, it’s this one. And pepper, and mustard, and chilli, and lime, and… With water: perfection. Medicinal. Peaty… Please call the anti-maltoporn brigade

timer Finish

long, astoundingly oily, waxy, peppery and peaty

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