Talisker 25 yo

45,8°

Distillery : Talisker - Islands

Sherry and Bourbon Hogsheads

Original Bottling

Core Range

Single Malt

Launched in 2011

Peated around 22 ppm

This edition is the high point of the distillery's regular range, but not the pinnacle, as there is also a 30-year-old.

Let's Taste It : 

Not much peat and not much iodine in the nostrils, but what subtlety. Old wood, applesauce, porridge, plum, greengage, fig, vanilla. On the palate, very oily, hazelnuts, walnuts, elderberry, salted butter, an ounce of caramel. Gingerbread. But the pepper remains very discreet. It's more like wild herbs, fermented fruits, a bit of molasses and milk chocolate. The finish is long and bewitching, some scrub, aniseed and cola. Light liquorice in retro-olfaction.

 

In Short, 

A very fruity version, typical of the distillery, it's delicious. That said, the price makes it difficult to access.

Score : 89

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

  

                                           Tom Waits - A Sweet Little Bullet From a Pretty Blue Gun