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
노즈에서는 탈리스커 특유의 후추 같은 매콤한 훈연과 바다 내음이 먼저 두드러진다. 1988년 증류해 11년을 보낸 몰트다운 산뜻한 보리와 시트러스가 뒤를 받친다. 입에서는 50도의 도수가 그을린 맥아와 검은 후추, 짭조름한 미네랄을 또렷하게 펼친다. 스카이 섬 몰트의 화한 스파이스가 중심을 잡는다. 피니시는 연기와 소금, 후추의 매콤함이 길게 이어지며 젊은 숙성에도 개성이 또렷하다.
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