Talisker 2011 HL Hepburn's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Hunter Laing (HL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 9년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 오래된 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음처럼 마른 향으로 열리며 단맛이 거의 없다. 셰리 벗이 쓴 코코아와 전나무 리큐어의 뉘앙스를 더한다. 팰럿은 46도로 석탄 같은 쌉쌀함과 쓴 오렌지, 소금기가 또렷하게 밀려온다. 탈리스커다운 검은 후추의 해안 캐릭터가 분명하게 발전한다. 피니시는 시가 재와 바닷물의 짠 기운이 마른 끝맛으로 길게 이어진다.
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