Talisker 1979 AT
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Alte Tabakstube (AT) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 1994 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 64.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 거센 바다와 화산암 풍토는 탈리스커에 후추 같은 매운맛과 짭짤한 피트를 새긴다. 1979년 증류해 버번 캐스크에서 15년 보낸 이 위스키는 맑은 황금빛을 띤다. 코에는 마른 해초와 흑후추, 옅은 모닥불 연기가 강렬하게 피어오른다. 64.6도에 이르는 기세는 입안에서 후추의 매운맛과 짭조름한 훈연, 시트러스를 거세게 밀어 올린다. 섬 특유의 폭발적인 후추향과 바다 소금기가 또렷하고, 물을 더하면 훈연과 짠맛의 여운이 길게 남는다.
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