Talisker 1989 SMWS 14.14 Hebridean holiday dram
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 축축한 저장고의 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음이 먼저 두드러지며 단맛이 거의 배제된 마른 인상이 지배한다. 팰럿에서는 쌉쌀한 오렌지와 석탄 뉘앙스에 탈리스커 특유의 검은 후추와 소금기 어린 해안 풍미가 명확하게 드러난다. 59.9도의 높은 도수가 구조를 단단하게 붙잡고 셰리에서 온 씁쓸한 코코아가 발전한다. 피니시는 길지 않으나 바닷물에 적신 재의 인상이 또렷이 남는다. 1989 빈티지 15년 숙성의 이 SMWS 보틀링은 올드 탈리스커의 건조하고 강건한 성격을 압축해 보여준다.
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