Macleod's 1989 IM Vintage Rare Single Island Malt
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Ian Macleod (IM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
스카이 섬의 거센 바닷바람과 화산암 토양이 탈리스커 증류소의 강건한 성격을 빚어냈다. 버번 캐스크에서 15년을 보낸 이 1989년 원액은 잔에 옅은 황금빛을 띠고, 코끝에는 후추와 옅은 훈연, 바다 내음과 보리의 향이 어우러진다. 입에서는 후추의 알싸함과 몰트의 단맛이 또렷하게 드러나고 46도의 도수가 결을 매끄럽게 다듬는다. 마무리에는 짭조름한 바다 풍미와 가벼운 연기가 길게 머문다.
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