Talisker 12-year-old TDA The Golden Spirit of the Isle of Skye
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | The Distillers Agency (TDA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 12년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.4% |
| Volume | 750 ml 1000 ml 1000 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔을 코끝으로 가져가면 가장 먼저 스카이 섬 탈리스커다운 후추 같은 매운기와 모닥불 연기가 또렷이 인사한다. 잔을 흔들면 깊은 황금빛 사이로 바다 소금기와 옅은 단맛이 함께 올라온다. 1970년대에 병입된 12년 원액을 한 모금 머금으면 훈연과 후추, 졸인 보리의 단맛이 43.4도로 혀를 따뜻하게 감싼다. 삼키면 짭조름한 연기와 매운 후추의 잔향이 입안에 길게 매달린다.
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