Talisker 2008 HL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
맑은 황금빛이 잔 속에 잔잔히 빛난다. 리필 호그스헤드에서 8년을 보낸 스카이섬의 탈리스커답게 후추 같은 매운맛과 모닥불 연기, 바다 소금의 향이 또렷하게 솟는다. 한 모금에 50도의 힘이 그을음과 시트러스, 톡 쏘는 후추의 단맛으로 번진다. 섬 특유의 짭조름하고 매운 성격이 인상적이다. 연기와 소금기의 여운이 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