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| Hello, that is one among our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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August 18, 2021
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The Final
Duos,
right this moment Talisker
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| No secret Skyes right this moment, only one common OB that I have not tried since 2015, after which one new IB. After which a last-minute bonus. |
Marshal Allen, chief of the Solar Ra Arkestra (Alexis Maryon)
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Talisker 18 yo (45,8%, OB, +/-2021) 
I imagine one may psychoanalyse Talisker. I imply, die-hard afficionados are inclined to adore it, and but I am undecided it will get the reward it deserves. Possibly due to the best way it is all the time been positioned by the house owners (some sort of under-Islay that is all concerning the ocean, in a fairly aftershave-lotion sort of approach). Or possibly as a result of no IBs may ever not directly advertise. Not even BB&R. When was that once more? Now certainly the Laing Bros have gotten some, however these are nonetheless younger (extra about these very quickly)… It is all a little bit powerful, however certainly I deeply love Talisker. Talisker wants extra love! Color: gold. Nostril: no it isn’t mild, or lighter, or smoother, that is effectively a full-blown peater, even when it doesn’t fairly scent just like the exhaust of a Camaro. The place else would you discover this many crabs, langoustines, oysters or… Meursault? Certainly there is a wee fattish, buttery, chardonnay-like background, to not point out these drops of yellow chartreuse, nevertheless it’s all smoked to the core. A really elegant nostril. Mouth: seawater and charcoal, cigarette ashes, manzanilla, lemon, peppermint, oysters, and simply ‘peat’. Good lace. End: similar. Good size. Some touches of maracuja past the salty ashes. Feedback: bottled smoked oyster juice and fewer than 100€ a skittle. What do the folks need? Love Talisker 18.
SGP:456 – 90 factors. |
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Talisker 10 yo 2011/2021 (59.2%, Hunter Laing, The First Version for HNWS Taiwan, refill hogshead, cask #18220, 299 bottles)
We have tried these batches beneath numerous guises once they had been 3, 4, 5, 6… All the time preferred them nevertheless it’s the primary time I am coming throughout a tenner. Bear in mind, no ten no deal! Color: pale white wine. Nostril: absolutely and completely and integrally (we get your level, S.) bare and pure. As if somebody would have simply smoked a mix of mercurochrome and Atlantic water. Smoking a cigar whereas consuming oysters and quaffing, effectively, Talisker. What’s very beautiful right here is that every one OBs are often extra oaked (learn vanilla-ed) whereas this one’s bare as a jaybird. With water: very medicinal. Simply pretend a sprained ankle or one thing and drink the stuff. Mouth (neat): what-a-distillate. No wooden, no oak, no awful vanilla, no coconut, no oils, simply seawater, peat, and iodine. This wee whisky’s virtually summary. Miro? Calder? With water: grapefruits and salt, plus ashes and white tequila. Some sort of readymade margarita – not the primary time. End: similar. Rubber boots within the aftertaste. Feedback: I do know it is solely ten, and that it is fairly easy, and that it is maybe not even absolutely mature, however there. A wow-distillate, if solely everybody may maintain any pointless vanilla at a distance…
SGP:467 – 90 factors. |
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Two 90-pointers, that is what I name a tasting session. C.U.
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No wait, a final minute bonus got here in after I had completed that wee session earlier within the month….
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Talisker 41 yo 1979/2021 (47.5%, OB, Prima & Ultima, American oak hogsheads, 556 bottles)
Even when it does not seem like that, it is a ‘pure cask energy’. Mrs Robinson has chosen the 4 remaining casks of 1979 that had matured within the Distillery’s Warehouse #4 that is the closest to the see (we want romance, do not we), all American oak hogsheads (hurray). Anyway, 556 bottles from 4 hogsheads, that is not a lot, even after 40 years. Excuse me, 41 years. Color: gold. Nostril: these previous Taliskers are elegant, what’s extra the distillate can often take ‘a little bit extra years’ with out batting an eyelid. That is simply one other instance, the citrus are elegant, the coastal notes are as effectively (kelp, oysters), and so is that this fruity/nutty waxiness, round recent crushed macadamias and almonds. Add a small cup of high-quality chilly lapsang souchong and just a bit iodine, and you will get much more appreciative. No tar and no tyres in anyway this time, this isn’t Islay! Mouth: that is virtually a fruit bomb! We’re reminded of some Islays that had been distilled within the Nineteen Sixties, with a soft-oily texture and absolutely some almond syrup, orgeat, yuzu, and a wee handful of small pink olives, those which can be fairly softer and fruitier. The identify escapes me. We have got a little bit oyster juice as effectively, lemon caviar, a touch of sandalwood maybe, and all the time this almondy contact. Maybe a drop of sesame oil too? End: very beautiful at 41 yo, very recent, with a saltier facet and tiny bits of Thai basil and coriander. The almonds maintain exhibiting up within the aftertaste, however these would have been seasoned with lemon and crimson pepper. Feedback: completely very good, extraordinarily elegant, and virtually shifting, identical to a really previous jazzman that is nonetheless on the prime of his recreation. Say the intergalactic Marshal Allen of the Solar Ra Arkestra – thoughts you, 97 years this 12 months!
SGP:563 – 93 factors. |
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PS Nonetheless marvel what they imply with ‘Made By The Sea’, made on the seashore or that the ocean made them?
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