Product Description

A very pleasant Caol Ila wearing its age gracefully. Smoky, spicy and woody (but not too woody) - a good combination.

Product Facts

Bottler
Douglas Laing
Series
Platinum Selection
Age
28 Year Old
Vintage
1979
Bottling Date
April 2007
No of Bottles
272
Country
Scotland
Region
Islay
Chill Filtered
No
Colouring
No

Caol ila 1979 28 Year Old

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Douglas Laing

70cl / 54.6%

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Tasting Notes

Tasting Notes by TF
- Nose
  Roasted cereal notes at first, then some red apple aromas. Hint of apricots, gingery oak notes, cedarwood and vanilla. Chocolate and clove. The peat is medicinal and restrained woodsmoke.
- Palate
  Polished peat attack. Intense flavours, good weight in the mouth. The peat is more iodiney now and there are more peppery, spicy flavours from the chewy oak, which becomes quite dominant mid-palate.
- Finish
  Long, warming and smoky like a log bonfire.
- Comment
  Very good, as long as you like oaky malts (which I do). Some pleasing rough edges. A hit.
Bottler's Tasting Notes
- "Despite its age, it is still maintaining a full, rich, creamy Islay'd olfactory experience - softly/subtly leading to peated barley, grist, mash and warm damp earth. The palate begins attractively hot and edgy - splitting to the cheeks and below the tongue with an evident salty, briny character and a late paprika and peppery warmth. The big, round, full finish is oily, tarry, ashy, creamy and smoked (being far younger in style and more phenolic than an Islay at this age should be).".
This tasting note is reproduced from the Certificate of Authenticity accompanying this malt