Talisker 1988 Tactical DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
은은한 금빛이 잔 속에서 따뜻하게 빛난다. 1988년에 증류돼 18년을 보낸 탈리스커는 스카이 섬 증류소답게 바다와 후추를 닮은 개성을 오랜 시간 다듬어 왔다. 향에서는 옅은 훈연과 굴 껍질의 미네랄, 검은 후추가 또렷하게 오른다. 입에 머금으면 50도의 도수 위로 짭조름한 소금기와 그을린 단맛, 매콤한 후추가 매끄럽게 번진다. 탈리스커 특유의 화한 후추감이 혀끝을 자극하고 여운은 짭짤한 미네랄과 옅은 연기로 길게 이어진다. 탈리스커다운 화한 후추감이 바다의 짭조름함과 맞물리며 잔 끝까지 강하게 살아난다.
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