Talisker 1985 Single Cask - Casks of Distinction
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1985 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 38년 |
| Cask Type | Refill European Oak Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 45.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 1985년 탈리스커가 리필 유러피언 오크 버트에서 38년을 보낸 시간이 짙은 호박빛으로 잔벽을 흘러내린다. 잔을 코끝에 가져가면 스카이의 짠 바닷바람과 마른 후추, 가벼운 가죽 향이 차례로 마중한다. 한 모금을 머금으면 45도의 부드러운 출력이 혀를 가만히 누르고 캐스크 오브 디스팅션다운 절제된 셰리 단맛이 입천장에 또렷이 깃든다. 삼킨 자리에는 옛 탈리스커의 후추 같은 잔향이 길게 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