Talisker 2009 LsD Hepburn's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Langside Distillers (LsD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2009 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 5년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
리필 호그스헤드에서 단 5년을 보낸 어린 원액이 탈리스커의 거친 힘을 그대로 드러낸다. 스카이 섬 증류소답게 젖은 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음의 매캐한 향이 통의 절제된 우드 위로 강하게 오른다. 입에서는 소금기와 특유의 검은 후추, 쌉싸름한 오렌지가 59.5도의 힘을 타고 빽빽하게 밀려든다. 짧은 숙성과 리필 통이 단맛을 억눌러 증류소의 해안 캐릭터를 날것으로 살려, 옅은 호박빛 잔 뒤로 바닷물에 적신 재의 여운이 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