Talisker 2011 HL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 거센 파도와 후추 같은 해풍이 캐릭터를 관통하는 탈리스커는 섬 위스키의 표상으로 꼽힌다. 2011년 빈티지를 셰리 버트에서 11년 보낸 이 보틀링은 짙은 호박빛을 띤다. 향에서는 바다 내음과 옅은 훈연, 말린 과일이 어우러져 올라오고 입에서는 50도가 특유의 후추 같은 매콤함 위로 셰리 단맛을 더한다. 여운에는 짭짤한 미네랄과 그을린 향신료가 화하게 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