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Disitllery : Caol Ila - Islay
Bordeaux Wine Barriques
Independent Bottling
By Jean Boyer
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2018
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Peated around 35 ppm
Jean Boyer has released a number of Caol Ila in his Gifted Stills of Scotland collection. They're all aged in Bourbon casks, except for this one, which grew in Bordeaux wine barriques, from an estate in the east of Bordeaux. It could well be a Pomerol, a Saint-Emilion, a Fronsac, a Côtes de Blaye or an Entre-deux-mers. Wine Barriques are normally 225 litres long, and the number of bottles produced is 1180, so we can calculate that three barrels were used. As for the age, it does not exceed 7 years at best.
Let's Taste It :
Beautiful, deep and grainy peat mixed with slightly fermented red fruit, tarry, earthy notes, damp bark, vegetal moss, mushrooms cooked with herbs, sultanas, redcurrants, hot chestnuts that melt in the mouth, stagnant soot, charcoal balls, a few drops of petroleum. On the palate it's very pleasant, dark chocolate, dried strawberries, bread dough, chestnuts, but the spices are quite strong, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves. The finish is rather long, but not very explosive, with chocolate-covered fruit, heather earth, lacquer, roasted hazelnuts.
In Short,
We were several people who tasted it blind, and we were surprised by the quality of the product. Despite its youth and the reduction in alcohol, we found it to be a complex, deep whisky with a lovely peatiness that will delight connoisseurs. The price is a bit high, but it's worth it. Unfortunately, it has not been available anywhere for a long time.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Black Doldrums - Mae's Desire
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