Talisker 2010 LsD Hepburn's Choice
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Langside Distillers (LsD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Bottled Year | 2016 |
| Age | 6년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 호박빛이 잔에 맑게 어린다. 리필 호그스헤드에서 여섯 해를 보낸 이 어린 탈리스커는 헵번스 초이스로 병입되었지만 스카이 섬 특유의 광물성과 연기를 이미 또렷이 품고 있다. 젖은 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음, 초석 위로 단맛 없는 마른 쌉쌀함이 코를 지배한다. 46도의 입안에서는 소금기와 이 증류소 특유의 검은 후추가 광물의 쓴맛과 함께 밀려온다. 물을 더하면 젖은 흙과 오래된 술의 향이 한층 열린다. 여운은 그리 길지 않으나 바닷물로 끄트머리를 적신 시가 재의 향이 되돌아온다.
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