Talisker 10 year old single malt is a classic Island whisky from the Isle of Skye. Aged for a minimum of 10 years in American oak casks, this welcome member of Diageo's Classic Malts series has been recognised numerous times for its excellence. Immensely satisfying stuff, with whiffs of warm peat blending with coastal air, balanced by orchard fruit and juicy barley. A spectacular after dinner dram.
It was an Editor's Choice at Whisky Magazine, a gold medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2017 and was awarded 'Best Islands Single Malt' at the 2017 World Whiskies Awards.
A fresh and fragrant nose. Through thick, pungent smoke comes sweet pear and apple peels, with pinches of maritime salt from kippers, seaweed.
It's a bonfire of peat crackling with black pepper, with a touch of brine and dry barley. A welcome delivery of orchard fruit provides a delicate and beautiful balance.
In a long finish, bonfire embers toast malt and crystallise a sugary underlay.
Nice dram that balances sweetness and smoke very well. Everybody has their own view, but those that voted this down are wrong. Plain and simple.
A delightful whirlwind of complexity and contradiction in the nose and on the palate. Peaty, smoke infused tastes and smells of the sea married to salted caramel with a nice spicy undercurrent running through it. At 45.8% vol (91.6% proof in old money) this is one deceptively strong and extremely rewarding dram.
I bought a bottle and after three tries, this scotch is not for me. I don't find it unpleasant, just salty and sweet and not very interesting or worthwhile especially when I have a bottle of Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig 18 sitting in my liquor cabinet. To each his own.
The tastes like a late night with a few good friends, light low, fire burning in the stove, talking openly about love and life, or just enjoying the old jazz record playing softly in the back. Those nights that should never end. This Whisky tastes like those kind of nights. Share with your best friend.
Like drinking benzene with phenol dissolved in it. Tasty.
