Macleod's 1986 IM Vintage Rare Single Island Malt
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1986 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 44.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 탈리스커로 짐작되는 개성답게 석탄과 축축한 지하실, 시가 재의 향이 먼저 명확하게 드러난다. 초석과 그을음, 전나무 새순 리큐어에 셰리에서 온 쌉쌀한 코코아가 겹치며 건조하게 발전한다. 팰럿은 44도의 낮은 도수에도 석탄 같은 쓴맛과 비터오렌지, 소금기와 검은 후추가 또렷하게 전개된다. 해안가 몰트다운 짠맛과 후추가 구조를 단단하게 잡아 준다. 피니시는 길지 않지만 시가 재와 바닷물, 용담 뉘앙스의 여운을 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