Talisker Storm

45,8°

Distillery : Talisker - Islands

Refill and Toasted Bourbon Casks

Original Bottling

Core Range

Single Malt

Launched in 2013

Peated around 22 ppm

This bottling has been aged partly in toasted casks, meaning it has been torched.

Let's Taste It : 

This is a Talisker very influenced by bourbon casks, with sweet vanilla, sugar cane and icing sugar. There's a hint of iodine and heather, but it's in the background, and very little peat. Then comes red fruits, strawberry, prune and dried grape. A touch of earth and cherry. Could it also have been aged in sherry casks? The whole is well balanced. An ounce of sea salt to flesh it out. A few wisps of smoke. On the palate, it's softer and vinous at first, almost syrupy, with hazelnuts, leather, caramel and apple, but the pepper rises very quickly. The finish is quite strong, but it holds up. Relatively long, it leaves a charcoal, tar and humus taste.

 

In Short, 

A hint of vanilla softens the roughness of the Talisker profile, it's very pleasant, but at almost the same price, the 10 year old is still much better.

Score : 83

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