Talisker 17-year-old The Manager's Dram
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | - |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.2% |
| Volume | - |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | - |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
some old Taliskers, such as the other famous black labels (G&M’s) can have lost their peat or a part of their smokiness but it’s absolutely not the case here. What we have is rather a lot of wood smoke (various woods, including resinous, pine, maybe eucalyptus) interwoven with some soot and coal ashes, quite some dark chocolate and then a blend of old metallic touches (old toolbox) and various old-style herbal liqueurs, Bénédictine, Chartreuse, maybe even Suze (light gentian liqueur). There’s also a growing meatiness (beef with mole sauce) but very little sweet/fruity notes. Either those were never there or they’ll all vanished. Anyway, an ultra-dry smoky nose, very curious about the palate. After fifteen minutes: maybe passion fruits and maybe a light coastal side… very light
restaurant Palate
good, this has power, all the teeth are there. I mean smoke (a kind of liquoricy smoke this time), bags of salt, no obvious pepper but quite a range of greenish spices, maybe juniper, capsicum… All that tends to become more and more medicinal, with some cough syrup, a feeling of antiseptic… As for fruits, there’s a little lemon or grapefruit like in many old peaters but it’s no fruity whisky as such, not at all. After fifteen minutes: the peppery side is coming out, it’s well Talisker. Oysters with pepper, lemon and just one tiny pickled onion. An ashy side as well
timer Finish
good length, with some dry liquorice and again a salty/peppery and dry aftertaste. A few tannins playing around
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