Talisker 2009 HL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 거친 파도와 바닷바람이 탈리스커의 강인한 개성을 어린 나이에도 또렷하게 벼려낸다. 잔에는 옅은 앰버빛이 어린다. 셰리 호그스헤드에서 6년을 보낸 2009 빈티지는 젖은 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음과 초석의 마른 향을 곧게 밀어 올린다. 헌터 레잉이 병입한 50도의 원액은 입안에서 짠맛과 탈리스커 특유의 검은 후추, 씁쓸한 코코아를 힘있게 펼친다. 단맛을 거의 남기지 않은 건조한 구조가 오히려 섬의 거친 풍토를 선명하게 그려낸다. 이 보틀링은 재의 여운 끝에 바닷물의 짠 기운을 길게 남긴다.
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