Caol Ila 1990 vW The Ultimate
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | van Wees (vW) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 1999 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Barrel |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
very pale white wine
air Nose
extremely clean, lemony, smoky and mineral, sharp like a blade. Notes of green apples, calcarious stones, lemon peel. Very, very pure. Hints of grain, porridge, green bananas, perhaps a little aniseed and dill, fennel, cold ashes, incense… Very enjoyable. Also some funny whiffs of smoked meat, balsamic vinegar, wine sauce. How beautiful! fresh like a baby’s mouth and delicately maritime. Whiffs of sea air and salt (sort of ‘stony’, flintstones), salted butter caramel? Very delicate and perfectly balanced. Funny notes of lettuce
restaurant Palate
strong, powerful and very rubbery like some new make. Very rough in fact, with some metallic tastes and some notes of cooked sour apples, liquorice roots, burnt caramel. It gets then curiously acidic, with some notes of lemon fizz, pink grapefruit… Aluminium, salt… The finish is long but a little too bitter. In short a superb, sharp nose and a rather rough but enjoyable palate (if you’re into roughness). 85 points . Caol Ila 1990/2005 (43%, McKillop’s Choice) elegant, rounded and smooth. A perfect peat smokiness and again quite some caramel, salted butter, freshly baked cake. A very, very nice indie Caol Ila, not too complex as often but perfectly balanced. 87 points . Caol Ila 1981/1996 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail CC, old map label)
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