Talisker 1989 SMWS 14.15 A meal of a 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 | 59.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
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Tasting Notes
맑은 황금빛이 잔 속에서 또렷하게 빛난다. 1989년 증류된 이 탈리스커는 스카이 섬다운 후추의 매콤함과 바다 소금기, 옅은 피트 연기가 강렬하게 솟는다. 한 모금 머금으면 짭조름한 기운과 검은 후추, 잘 익은 배 단맛이 묵직하게 흐른다. 59.3도의 높은 도수가 화산 같은 열기를 혀끝에 일으킨다. 소금과 훈연, 후추의 여운이 길게 이어지며 섬 몰트의 거친 힘을 마지막까지 전한다.
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