Talisker 2008 HL Hunter's Choice - A Platinum Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 58.1% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 거센 파도와 후추 같은 바닷바람이 탈리스커의 본색을 처음부터 끝까지 관통한다. 잔에는 옅은 황금빛이 맑게 어린다. 리필 호그스헤드에서 6년을 보낸 향은 옅은 훈연과 후추, 바다 소금이 함께 인다. 입에서는 58.1도의 힘이 매콤한 향신료와 보리 단맛을 거칠게 밀어 올린다. 어린 숙성의 여운은 후추와 짠 미네랄이 또렷하게 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