Talisker 1986 Single Cask - Cask of Distinction
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1986 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 34년 |
| Cask Type | Freshly Charred (Rejuvenated) Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
짙은 호박빛이 잔 안에 깊게 내려앉는다. 스카이 섬의 탈리스커가 1986년부터 서른네 해를 보낸 이 원액은 축축한 지하실의 석탄더미를 떠올리게 하는 건조한 개성을 지녔다. 시가 재와 그을음, 초석의 향이 밀려오고 셰리에서 온 쌉쌀한 코코아가 뒤따른다. 단맛은 거의 없이 메마르게 흐르다가 쓴 오렌지와 소금기, 검은 후추가 입안을 채운다. 여운은 길지 않지만 시가 재와 바닷물의 기억이 또렷이 깃들어 있다.
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