Talisker 2011 HL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 어린 6년 탈리스커가 옅은 호박빛을 잔 벽에 빠르게 흘린다. 코끝을 가져가면 스카이 섬다운 후추 같은 매운 연기와 바다의 짠 내음이 먼저 솟구치고 셰리 버트의 검은 과일이 뒤따른다. 한 모금을 머금으면 57도의 뜨거운 기세가 혀를 때리며 훈제한 자두와 굵은 소금기가 번진다. 삼킨 뒤에는 알싸한 후추의 열기가 목 안쪽에서 길게 타오른다.
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