Talisker 1979 SMWS 14.3
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 1996 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 64.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
잔 속에 잘 익은 황금빛이 진하게 빛난다. 스카이 섬의 탈리스커가 1979년 원액으로 17년을 보낸 캐스크 스트렝스답게, 향은 짭조름한 바닷바람 위로 후추와 훈연, 잘 익은 배가 강렬하게 솟아오른다. 64.3도의 높은 도수가 한 모금에 불 같은 흑후추와 그을린 연기, 꿀의 맛을 거침없이 몰아넣으며 입안을 가득 채운다. 섬의 거친 생기를 머금은 여운은 매캐한 후추와 소금기를 오래도록 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