Talisker 1988 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 1999 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 천천히 흔들면 맑은 황금빛이 잔 벽을 따라 가볍게 흘러내린다. 코를 가까이 가져가면 후추 같은 매운 향과 옅은 훈연, 바다의 짠내가 차례로 올라온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 50도의 도수가 혀를 또렷이 자극하며 검은 후추와 보리 단맛, 그을린 오크가 번진다. 11년을 보낸 탈리스커는 스카이 섬 증류소다운 화한 후추와 해풍의 짠기를 거침없이 드러낸다. 삼키고 나면 매콤한 훈연과 소금기가 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