Talisker 1980 Tactical DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1980 |
| Bottled Year | 2001 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Sherrywood Finished |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 탈리스커가 셰리 우드에서 마무리되어 스물다섯 해를 보낸 1980 빈티지다. 따뜻한 호박빛이 잔에 깊게 어린다. 탈리스커 특유의 후추 같은 연기가 짭조름한 바닷내, 건포도의 향과 강렬하게 솟구친다. 50도의 입맛은 흑후추와 말린 과일, 옅은 훈연이 또렷하게 맞물리며 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 긴 여운에는 매운 향신료와 그을린 오크, 소금기가 깊게 머물며 화산섬의 기개를 길게 남긴다.
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