Talisker 2008 DL The Speakeasy
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 5년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들어 향을 깨우면 탈리스커 2008이 옅은 호박빛으로 잔 벽을 타고 흐른다. 코끝으로 가져가면 젖은 석탄과 시가 재, 마른 소금기가 스카이 섬의 바다를 그대로 옮긴 듯 올라온다. 한 모금 머금으면 58.2도가 쌉쌀한 오렌지와 짠맛, 특유의 검은 후추를 혀 전체에 밀어붙인다. 5년의 젊은 숙성과 호그스헤드가 만든 이 보틀링은 단맛 하나 없이 건조하게 곧다. 삼킨 뒤에는 바닷물로 끈 재의 향이 짧지만 또렷하게 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