Caol Ila 1982 UD Taverna Degli Artisti
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | UD - bottler (UD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1982 |
| Bottled Year | 1994 |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
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…