Speireag 1995 WE
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Talisker |
| Bottler | Whiskyfreunde Essenheim (WE) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1995 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 9년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 코끝에 가져가면 스카이 섬 탈리스커로 여겨지는 이 위스키답게 마른 석탄과 시가 재, 그을음이 곧장 솟구친다. 코를 더 대면 전나무 리큐어와 쌉쌀한 코코아가 층층이 갈린다. 57.4도의 이 1995년 9년산을 한 모금 머금으면 석탄 같은 쓴맛과 비터 오렌지, 짭짤한 바닷소금이 밀려온다. 넘긴 자리에는 시가 재와 검은 후추가 목 안쪽에서 오래 이어진다.
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