Talisker 1985 Maritime Edition 27 yo

 

 

 

56,1° 

Distillery : Talisker - Islands 

Refill American Oak Casks 

Original Bottling 

Limited Edition 

Single Malt 

Bottled in 2013

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Peated around 22 ppm  

Launched on the occasion of Diageo Special Releases 2013, this little gem was limited to 3,000 bottles. No one knows why it was subtitled Maritime Edition. I mean, what makes it more maritime than any other Talisker?

Let's Taste It : 

Very suave vanilla, with a hint of spice and smoke. A mist of white fruits, plums and grapes. Vanilla custard, cinnamon and orange blossom. Traces of fresh iodine, a very gentle salty sea breeze. Behind, something acrid, wild, heather earth, tree bark, pine cones, nutmeg, saffron. Quince jelly. Genoise, icing sugar. Wild flower honey. Candied ginger, slightly tangy. Baked apples.
Concentrated palate of honey, limoncello, yellow plums. The spices are quite strong, black pepper, mustard, cloves, with holly and laurel. Dark chocolate and fresh earth, dried mushrooms. Raisin cake. Very long finish, where vanilla and white fruits return, rustling on the tongue, dried fig and ginger. Not too ripe apricot, green apple. Slight return of acidity.

 

In Short, 

A Talisker that's a little more fruity and acidic than the 25 Year Old Cask Strength. It's less austere, and so good! Of course, the price is prohibitive. To be reserved for mobsters and traders.

Score : 92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

  

                                          Manchester Orchestra - The Silence