Talisker 1989 SMWS 14.10 Mint humbugs at the harbor
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Gorda |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 검은 후추와 옅은 훈연, 바다 소금의 향이 두드러진다. 스카이 섬의 탈리스커를 거대한 고르다 캐스크에서 15년 숙성한 1989년 SMWS 보틀링은 그 특유의 매콤한 결을 또렷이 보여준다. 59.4도의 입안에서는 그을린 보리와 후추, 짭조름한 해풍이 단단하게 번진다. 피니시는 길고 화한 후추가 강렬하며 연기가 깊게 머문다. 섬 증류소의 거친 개성이 또렷한 구조감으로 드러난다.
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