Talisker 1990 Casks of Distinction
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon American Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 49.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 1990년 빈티지 탈리스커의 짙은 황금빛이 잔 벽을 따라 매끈하게 미끄러진다. 코끝에 가져가면 버번 아메리칸 오크가 길어 올린 후추, 짠 미네랄, 옅은 훈연이 함께 솟아오른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 49.5도의 알코올이 갓 구운 바닐라 케이크와 후추의 매콤함을 입천장에 둥글게 펼친다. 삼키면 가벼운 해풍과 옅은 시가가 길게 따라오며 스카이 섬 증류소의 거센 결이 또렷이 깃든다.
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