Talisker 1979 Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 2019 |
| Age | 39년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 47.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 오래된 석탄 더미와 축축한 지하실, 시가 재와 초석, 그을음의 마른 결이 먼저 두드러지고 단맛은 거의 없이 모든 것이 건조하게 펼쳐진다. 39년을 호그스헤드에서 보낸 1979 빈티지 탈리스커답게 옛 아일랜즈 몰트의 깊이가 또렷하다. 팰럿에서도 쌉쌀함과 석탄의 결이 이어지며 전나무 리큐어와 쓴 오렌지, 짠맛과 탈리스커 특유의 검은 후추가 균형을 잡아 구조감이 단단하다. 피니시는 길지 않지만 시가 재와 바닷물, 용담주의 쌉쌀한 여운이 또렷이 남아 노숙한 원액의 품격을 드러낸다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
pretty much zero doubt, unless someone slightly unhinged has entirely re-dressed a very old Talisker from G&M or BB&R, which would make little sense. In short, it is very much on an old heap of coal at the back of a slightly damp cellar, with cigar ashes, saltpetre, soot, old liqueurs made from buds, chiefly fir, and bitter cocoa from the sherry. Not a gram of sweetness, everything is dry as a truncheon blow. We rather like this. Let us see whether the palate is a little tired, which, all things considered, would almost be good news. You see what we mean
restaurant Palate
we find the bitterness again, the coal-like side, but also those old fir liqueurs, this time joined by bitter orange. The coastal side is well present too this time, with salt but also Talisker’s proverbial black pepper. If this is not old Talisker, it is devilishly well imitated
timer Finish
not very long, of course, but the cigar ashes return, ashes that we might have extinguished by dousing them with a little seawater, then with gentian eau-de-vie, what an idea