Talisker 2008 HL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.7% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 탈리스커 특유의 후추 같은 향신료와 옅은 피트 연기, 바다 내음이 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿에서는 리필 호그스헤드에서 6년을 보낸 원액답게 매콤한 후추와 그을린 단맛, 짭조름한 미네랄이 뚜렷이 이어지며 구조감이 강건하다. 59.7도의 높은 도수가 어린 원액을 단단히 받친다. 피니시는 후추와 옅은 스모크가 길게 남으며, 올드 몰트 캐스크 탈리스커의 거친 개성이 돋보인다.
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