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Gordon & MacPhail Caol Ila 1981

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 6 by Michael Jackson and Jim Murray.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Juniper, seaweed, tobacco. Palate Hint of nutty sherry. Leafy, junipery, tobacco-like, long. Finish Teasing, appetising, interplay of distillery flavours and sherry. Comment A beautifully balanced, rounded, example of this distinctive malt.

Jim Murray Nose A measured, almost sulking peatiness breaks through some flat and uninspiring fruity, oaky tones. Palate Surging peat and sweet malt are given their usual oily treatment with some extra peppery spices making a change. But the middle seems a little jaded. Finish Some flat peatiness flies alongside the oak, too lazy to battle for supremacy. Comment Can't put my finger on it: it's okay, but a bit boring and passionless for a Caol Ila.