Gordon & MacPhail Caol Ila 1969 Tasting notes and reviews
Gordon & MacPhail Caol Ila 1969
- Brand
- Gordon & MacPhail
- Expression
- Caol Ila 1969
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 45.00%
- Vintage
- 1969
- Produced at
- Gordon & MacPhail ~ Caol Ila Distillery
- Region
- Islay
- Website
- www.gordonandmacphail.com
- Availability
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Martine Nouet
40- Nose
- Lively oak with a sherry character. Toned down creosote. Moss and mushrooms. Smoked chestnuts. Lapsang souchong tea. Then sweet notes come up. Vanilla, toffee, butter scotch.
- Palate
- Sweet and bitter. Sherried. Smoke hangs above wood.
- Finish
- Dry, oaky, sooty with a hint of tarred timber.
- Comment
- Surprisingly, the distillery character resists in this oldie. And peat “revisits” the aromatic palette. Integration again but no fusion.
Dave Broom
35- Nose
- High concentration with an immediate wisp of perfumed smoke. Peat retained. An elegant mix of phenols, honeyed sweetness, toffee, and even some pineapple. Robust yet complex.
- Palate
- Peat from the start. Slightly dry tannins and dry smoke. Singed grass. Hessian.
- Finish
- Dark chocolate, undergrowth, ashes.
- Comment
- Everything has deepened and become richer but those oils have been retained and the smoke has controlled everything.
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