Caol Ila 1981 DT

Overall rating: 89.50/100
votes: 14

Whiskybase ID: WB16316
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Caol Ila
Bottler: Duncan Taylor (DT)
Bottling serie: Rare Auld
Vintage: 05.1981
Bottled: 05.2010
Stated Age: 29 years old
Casknumber: 3491
Number of bottles: 224
Strength: 55.2 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Added on: 20 Jun 2010 7:05 pm

Average value

€ 97.00

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Whisky Reviews for Caol Ila 1981 DT

3 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 89.50 points

SimondeVette scored this whisky 94 points
07 Oct 2021 4:23 pm
An amazing Islay! It is fruity, complex and spicy. It has aged wonderfully on its cask.

Nose

Fig, cinnamon, some raisin in the background, dry sherry, and a taste of sand, comparable to how English hops taste like earth

Taste

Raisins, dried fruit, fig, cinnamon, dry sherry, white pepper, clove

Finish

Pepper and fig, dry sherry
hs305 scored this whisky 90 points
26 Jun 2017 3:29 pm

[January, 2011] Together with friends I emptied bottle no. 89 that I bought for 90 Euro in June, 2010.

In my old rating system (ten scales that translate into WB points: 50 - 66 - 75 - 80 - 82,5 - 85 - 87,5 - 90 - 92,5 - 95) I scored it 90. My notes state a perfect Islay dram with a nicely balanced flavours profile.
Lafroy scored this whisky 91 points
02 Apr 2011 2:06 pm
One of the finest Caol Ilas ever.

Nose

Campfire in autumn, light sea breeze, candied orange peel, red grapefruit, peat sweetness, heath, wet tobacco, vanilla and limes. Also some hints of rubber.

Taste

Very intensive! It starts with vanilla cream, hot pepper, deep sweetness, root spices, herbs, hop, rubber, burned tires and honey. Very well balanced and very complex.

Finish

Very long, powerful, dry, hot, creamy and very evolving!

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