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ISLAY FESTIVAL 2011 DIAGEO BOTTLINGS

ここ数年アイラフェス向けボトルは、DIAGEO傘下のカリラ・ラガヴーリンが最も注目を集めていると言っていいと思いますが、先日この2蒸溜所についてのリリース予告がありました。価格は2種類共に£79.95。

Bodega-cask Caol Ila™

The Caol Ila single cask bottling – hand selected by Billy Stitchell, long-standing distillery manager, whose family connections with Caol Ila distillery go back many generations – has been drawn from a bodega cask filled in February 2000. It enjoys a high natural cask strength of 64.3% ABV, in an edition of 600 bottles.

Caol Ila Feis Bottling 2011

“A lean and precise whisky at cask strength … altogether longer and more structured with water. Complex and provocative throughout …” were some of our taster’s comments.

・Bodega caskというと、

ラガヴーリン Lagavulin 1993/2009 ‘Manager’s Choice’ (54.7%, OB, cask #4447, 029/612 bottles) ‘Smooth rich fruit aroma. Smoky with a gentle warm finish’Matured in a Bodega sherry European Oak cask

クラガンモアのマネージャーズチョイス(1997/2009 59.7%)でも使用されたBodega Sherry European Oakと考えていいのか、単にオーク樽なのかが少々疑問ですが、シェリー表記がないことを考え合わせると後者の可能性が高そうです。

(スパニッシュワイン業者でもボデガ・イヌリエータが近年有名ですが、おそらく前例からみて可能性は薄いと思います)

・2000年蒸溜で64.3%の高度数

 

13-Year Old Lagavulin™

The Lagavulin Festival bottling comes from a Refill Butt filled in February 1998, selected from Warehouse Number 1 by Iain McArthur, long-time warehouseman at the distillery. It has been bottled in an edition of 588 bottles at its natural cask strength of 51% ABV.

Lagavulin Feis Bottling 2011

One of Diageo’s tasters commented on its “approachable fruit tones and late, cleansing anise-like notes, against a backdrop of appetising smoke”.

・一方こちらはリフィルバット 1998年蒸溜

 

【参考】

カリラ Caol Ila 1997/2009 ‘Manager’s Choice’ (58.0%, OB, cask #14185, 130/366 bottles)

カリラ Caol ila 1999/2010 ‘FEIS ILE 2010’ (61.9%, OB, 2010, european oak ex sherry cask,C#305646,btl no.119, 19/8/99-2010) Hand Selected by Billy Stitchell bottled especially to celebrate FEIS ILE 2010

ラガヴーリン Lagavulin NAS ” limited edition” (52.5%, OB, 2010, Available only at the distillery)

ラガヴーリン Lagavulin 1994/2010 (52.7%, OB, C#3210, 291/528 Bts, Feis Isle 2010) Hand selected from the Port Ellen Warehouses by IAIN McARTHUR European Oak ex-Sherry Cask

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