Talisker 1980 Casks of Distinction - Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1980 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 40년 |
| Cask Type | Refill European Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
아일랜즈 스카이 섬의 탈리스커를 1980년 증류해 리필 유러피언 오크에서 40년 숙성한 뒤 55.1도로 담은 희귀한 싱글 캐스크다. 노즈에서는 오래된 석탄과 축축한 지하실, 시가 재와 그을음이 가장 먼저 두드러지고 셰리에서 온 쌉쌀한 코코아가 더해진다. 단맛 없이 건조한 팰럿은 석탄의 쓴맛과 비터 오렌지, 탈리스커 특유의 검은 후추와 짭조름함이 또렷이 드러난다. 피니시는 바닷물에 적신 시가 재와 용담주의 잔향이 깊게 머문다.
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