Caol Ila 1974 W&W
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | Whyte & Whyte Importers Ltd. (W&W) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 19년 |
| Cask Type | Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 61.1% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
1974년 아일라 카올 일라가 19년을 거쳐 잔에 옅은 금빛으로 머문다. 향에서는 부드러워진 페놀과 바닷가의 짭짤한 미네랄, 마른 풀의 흔적이 또렷이 깃들어 있다. 61.1도의 입안은 묵직하게 입천장을 덮으며 굴 껍데기와 레몬 껍질, 옅은 캠프파이어가 차례로 풀린다. 인디 보틀러 와이트 앤 와이트가 살린 옛 아일라의 결이 길게 이어지는 짠 여운으로 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
seawater, medicines, bandages, lemon juice and peat smoke. All brought together with brilliant precision and purity and with this same sense of 'weight' that was in the 1977, only here it feels even more distinct and powerful. I think power and control are the key words here. With water: green olives, fresh chopped herbs, lemongrass, gauze, pink sea salt, gorse and wet beach pebbles. Gathers a wonderful complexity that keeps evolving
restaurant Palate
hugely dense and smoky on arrival, but not acrid smoke, rather deeper, quilted, soft kiln smoke. Pure, silky peat smoke, black olive, natural tar, hay loft, farmyard notes, many medical embrocations, iodine, kelp and bonfire embers. Becomes increasingly tarry over time, quite immense! With water: stunningly oily now! The texture is just brilliant. The impression of peated olive oil, smoked limoncello (I know when I'm getting carried away because start using tasting notes for things that don't exist), pickled mussels and gherkins, natural tar and fir wood. Also many various wee ointments and these savoury qualities of Maggi, vegetable stock and soy sauce. Keeps evolving in completely compelling ways
timer Finish
long, extremely deep and broad. Salty, leathery and full of soft, thick peat smoke, brine, wood ashes, olive oil, tar and mineral oil