Talisker 2008 DL Provenance
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 맑은 황금빛이 가볍게 잔 안에서 일렁인다. 코끝으로 가져가면 탈리스커답게 갯내음과 검은 후추, 옅은 훈연이 날카롭게 솟아오른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 2008년 증류한 여덟 해 원액답게 그을린 보리와 짭짤한 미네랄이 혀를 자극하고 57.5도의 기운이 후추 같은 매운맛을 강하게 밀어 올린다. 삼키면 스카이 섬의 바닷바람 같은 짠 연기가 입천장에 또렷이 깃든다.
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